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Osteoporosis treatment or strontium citrate?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: May 1 5:50pm | Replies (239)Comment receiving replies
Please read what I have written about supplementation. You can do natural supplementation at the same time as bisphosphonates j- so really nothing to lose. Women are posting great results in the natural remedies osteoporosis group I’m in! I understand you want to use bisphosphonates, but you can also try food- based vitamins and minerals at the same time. This will give you an even greater chance of success. I also eat foods high in all the nutrients I need. Let us k ow what you choose to do and how it goes. So sorry about your femurs! I broke my hip and it was no fun.
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Thank you for your incredibly thorough and helpful posts. My bone density has been severely low for awhile because from the early 20's until my late 40's I had a low thyroid condition that was not diagnosed. My whole hormonal systems was thrown off. I resisted taking any the medical treatments for osteoporosis because of the side effects. I've taken for years Ca, K, D, and other supplements, prescribed by an orthomolecular doctor, who was mentored by Linus Pauling. Last April I came down with Giant Cell Arteritis, which is treated with Prednisone. I had no choice but to go on the drug. The consequences of not doing so are blindness and/or an aneurysm. I will be on it until next July, though at increasingly lower doses. Since going on Prednisone I have had two fractures in my lumbar spine and now, because of the stress put on it as I walk, a sprained shoulder, and because of severe narrowing in two discs between my shoulders, a pinched nerve. My pain level is 10, and I've gone from practicing tai chi, hiking, and kayaking to barely being able to walk or do simply tasks, like drying the dishes. Alarmed and dismayed, I am considering taking Reclast, though one of the posts tells a cautionary tale. My endocrinologist wanted me to do Foreo, but the cost is prohibitive, plus I'm not sure I want to take a drug that messes with my parathyroid. I'm curious if hour osteoporosis group is online and if it is, is becoming a member possible. Going against mainline medicine, which I have often done, can be a lonely road.
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I've known people who increased bone density using algaecal....but the strontium citrate they recommend taking with it, actually alters the DEXA scans because it takes the place of calcium in the bone and since it weighs more than calcium, it makes the scan look like you've increased bone density, when in fact you haven't. AND....when people quit strontium citrate later down the line, their bones scans actually show worse density than before taking the strontium. Just so many questions about it. BUT....at the same time, I hate the drugs!!!