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Forteo (teriparatide) followed by HRT: My Experience
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@lynn59
That's quite understandable! It is so hard to weigh risk vs benefit and try to make the safest choice. Especially with osteo meds and their possible side effects.
Have you looked into vitamin K2 as @kathleen1314 suggested? I use D3 and K2. Also magnesium. Surprisingly my cholesterol total dropped in this last year and maybe the K2 helped?
I wasn't aware of a connection there as I was using it to help direct calcium to the bones. We learn more everyday, don't we?
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@psmnonna
How interesting! Thank you so much! I have placed a post on Inspire with this information and crediting your great research.
https://www.inspire.com/m/Kathleen1314/journal/674d2a-vit-k2-ldl-and-hdl-plus-bone-and-cardio-health/
https://www.inspire.com/m/Kathleen1314/journal/7ed0c4-supplements-calcium-vit-k-collagen-etc/
I do see that there is new research (actually that popped up as they were studying vit k2 for calcium ) that k2 use seems tied to a drop in LDL and a rise in HDL.
https://www.augustachronicle.com/story/lifestyle/health-fitness/2016/10/06/vitamin-k-tested-diabetes-high-cholesterol/14279990007/
"Vitamin K right now, it's almost like vitamin D was about15 years ago," Pollock said. "You could never find vitamin D in the store 15 years ago. You see vitamin D at the checkout counter now. It's everywhere. Vitamin K, we are at the preliminary stage of really understanding what it can do beyond just this association with coagulation right now."
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10763176/.
"Moreover, an increase in dietary intake of vitamin K2 was associated with a reduction in LDL-C levels [34]. In a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled clinical trial, administration of 90 µg MK-7 daily for 8 weeks in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) led to significant decreases in serum TG levels, and reduced waist circumference and body fat mass along with increasing skeletal muscle"