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Anybody out there have medication induced Osteoporosis?

Posted by osteocurious @osteocurious, Feb 8 11:51am

I do. 45 years on antiseizure meds. 60 years old and feeling it. I feel like I lost time. New diagnosis and know prevention AND sustaining bone density is of utmost importance. My question - if you take a med that actively reduces the body’s ability to absorb calcium - what then? Do the OP meds help with absorption or just bone turnover and building? My concern is I will always be fighting the lack of absorption. Vit D facilitates this “normally” but I am not normal (😊) Nothing I have read talks about how to help with Calcium absorption of a med is blocking it. Any help is appreciated. Insee my doc again in March.

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HomeAgainLA | @llynch17056 | Feb 11 8:14am
In reply to @nycmusic "@llynch17056 ideally docs don’t overprescribe levo. or any other med…thyroid levels should be checked regularly, so..." + (show)
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@llynch17056 ideally docs don’t overprescribe levo. or any other med…thyroid levels should be checked regularly, so that the dosage can adjusted to exactly what’s needed-my doc does that-i even have to split one of the pills each week…..these days, people are more aware of side effects and info much easier to get, and we have groups like this Mayo pointing out useful info.,so we can take simple countermeasures to help our bones.

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@nycmusic thank you. Yes my doctor has always checked my levels and they are steady. It’s the one med I can’t quit taking. I tried once decades ago and I won’t do that again. Otherwise, I did eventually get myself off of Effexor (yay, that was hard) and just quit statins/Repatha. But, I really have to take the levo.

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nycmusic | @nycmusic | Feb 11 8:47am
In reply to @llynch17056 "@nycmusic thank you. Yes my doctor has always checked my levels and they are steady. It’s..." + (show)
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@nycmusic thank you. Yes my doctor has always checked my levels and they are steady. It’s the one med I can’t quit taking. I tried once decades ago and I won’t do that again. Otherwise, I did eventually get myself off of Effexor (yay, that was hard) and just quit statins/Repatha. But, I really have to take the levo.

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@llynch17056 similar story, levo is necessary…people should not quit without doctor’s advise…simply, go to work on strengthening bones !

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sirene | @sirene | Feb 14 10:47am

One thing that I was told to do, is to take Vit K2 along with vit d3 to help put the d into the bones.

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