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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: 4 hours ago | Replies (18)
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Just spoke to my GI doc and he’s going to have me wean off Prilosec and switch to Pepcid ( famotidine) . He still insists there’s no correlation between PPIs and osteoporosis based on the studies he’s seen though.
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I would consider going to theosteocollective.com and sign up for the free masterclass, online, ASAP. Get started on the many lifestyle aspects you can control while you await your md appointments. YouTube videos by Dr Doug Lucas will be helpful right away to get started on factors you can control. Are you on HRT? strongly consider this, an enlightened PCP can evaluate and get this started as current evidence strongly supports this for most women for the many health benefits.
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Here's a nice review of current (2022) thinking about PPIs and osteoporosis.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9504265/
Bottom line is that "long-term PPI use is associated with a modest but rather consistent increase in the risk of fragility fracture." Your GI doc may have been misled by the fact that PPIs were not shown to reduce bone density (the article suggests that they may affect bone structure more than density).
Regardless, fractures are what we care about. And PPIs increase that risk.