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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Mar 9 10:16am | Replies (20)Comment receiving replies
I think there is no right or wrong answer just a matter of balance.
About 15 or so years ago after routine blood work my TSH numbers were off. My primary wanted me to go on synthroid, I declined at the time as I had swapped out regular table salt for sea salt which was a thing at the time. I switched back to table salt with Iodine and after 6 months my TSH was back to normal.
I've taken Kelp supplements ever since.
If I hadn't challenged her, I would of wound up on synthroid for life. When it wasn't the right thing for my situation.
I take supplements and some medications. I'm careful about what I take how much and the timing of when I take things.
Some Doctors are too quick to prescribe medication instead of trying to understand the possible causes for an issue.
I think osteoporosis medications fall into that realm.
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@oknowwhatpixie I understand and appreciate your view and I do think finding the source of OP is important if it was caused by celiac or something similar causing malabsorption or from cancer medication and the like. That’s very important.
However I am on medications that I will be on for life. For me, that’s no big deal if it keeps my QOL great and I can enjoy family, friends, exercise, travel, etc. One of my autoimmune conditions has one drug to treat it. One (well there is another now so there are now two). Without it I would have gone downhill fast. So for me, medication shmedication. And by far the best advice I ever got from a doctor was DIET is medication. So I don’t have this glaring dividing line that some here do. Anyway all the best.