Osteoporosis treatment or strontium citrate?

Just a side note to anybody who has arthritis or fibromyalgia pain: I started taking 3 mg of boron three times a day and my OA, RA, and FMS pain is gone! I was all cut to have my thumbs replaced - but the RA in my hands is going away! It is cheap to try it. I’m in shock!

Just a side note to anybody who has arthritis or fibromyalgia pain: I started taking 3 mg of boron three times a day and my OA, RA, and FMS pain is gone! I was all cut to have my thumbs replaced - but the RA in my hands is going away! It is cheap to try it. I’m in shock!

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Please check into the side effects before you take that drug. I joined a group of people dedicated to using natural remedies for bone loss. Many of the women are improving (measured by their DEXA scan scores) without these heavy duty drugs. My understanding, which my doctor confirmed, is that the bisphosphonates stop the body from shedding old bone. Instead of letting it leave the body, the old, dead bone lingers on the new bone giving it the appearance of being thicker bone.. the minute you stop taking those drugs, all of the old dead bone is eliminated from the body! You are back to the beginning. I talked to three women who got osteonecrosis from bisphosphonates- they told me you can’t stop the osteonecrosis by going off the drug. Once it starts, it won’t stop. I’ve had fractures as well. I’m going with food-based calcium tablet, magnesium, boron, vitamins d3 and K2 (mk4 and mk7), and a good food-based multivitamin. You can only absorb 500 mg total of calcium and magnesium at a time so I take only that amount every 4 hours. I will get a new DEXA scan around March or April. I had a shortage of human growth hormone (HGH), so I take that daily (by prescription). And because my osteoporosis is so bad, I am taking a low-dose estrogen and progesterone daily. I have not had anymore fractures ( knock on wood). I will post the results of my next scan when I have them.)

Please check into the side effects before you take that drug. I joined a group of people dedicated to using natural remedies for bone loss. Many of the women are improving (measured by their DEXA scan scores) without these heavy duty drugs. My understanding, which my doctor confirmed, is that the bisphosphonates stop the body from shedding old bone. Instead of letting it leave the body, the old, dead bone lingers on the new bone giving it the appearance of being thicker bone.. the minute you stop taking those drugs, all of the old dead bone is eliminated from the body! You are back to the beginning. I talked to three women who got osteonecrosis from bisphosphonates- they told me you can’t stop the osteonecrosis by going off the drug. Once it starts, it won’t stop. I’ve had fractures as well. I’m going with food-based calcium tablet, magnesium, boron, vitamins d3 and K2 (mk4 and mk7), and a good food-based multivitamin. You can only absorb 500 mg total of calcium and magnesium at a time so I take only that amount every 4 hours. I will get a new DEXA scan around March or April. I had a shortage of human growth hormone (HGH), so I take that daily (by prescription). And because my osteoporosis is so bad, I am taking a low-dose estrogen and progesterone daily. I have not had anymore fractures ( knock on wood). I will post the results of my next scan when I have them.)

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.

Hey Lioness! It is on Facebook and it is called Osteoporosis Natural Remedies. There are many posts per day. I like that you can post a question and you will get answers quickly. At one point I was able to talk to a couple of women who had taken drugs like Reclast or Prolia and had osteonecrosis as a result - and that happened the day I was supposed to go on Prolia - when I was conflicted. I'm foggy about how it happened exactly, but one of the women in the group said I needed to talk to those women, and I wrote back that I would love to talk to them, and somehow it happened. Women who are doing what you and I are doing post their DEXA scan scores for others to see - so you can actually see the improvement. Others post about books they are reading, movies they saw on You Tube, advice they got, how they are exercising, etc. It is one of my favorite places on FB . You have to apply to get into the group - it is not public. Hope to see you there!

I have been treated with bisphosphanates, forteo, prolia and I had 11 non-traumatic spontaneous vertebral compression fractures during treatment. I now take 680 mg strontium citrate without side effects and the fractures have stopped. Do not take it within 2 hours of ingesting calcium -- so I take it at bedtime. My teeth are really strong and it feels like my bones are too. Most people who take strontium citrate report their fractures STOP. They won't do any studies but the END OF FRACTURES SAYS IT ALL!
IT was a 9 year nightmare until I started the strontium citrate. Good luck to all of you.

Hello @bonelady -- welcome to Connect. I'm glad you found us. I was diagnosed with osteopenia a little over a year ago but have not done anything other than trying to add more calcium rich food to my diet. I did find some information on the Mayo Clinic website on osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis treatment: Medications can help -- Osteoporosis treatment may involve medication along with lifestyle change. Get answers to some of the most common questions about osteoporosis treatment.
-- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/osteoporosis/in-depth/osteoporosis-treatment/art-20046869

Have you discussed any treatments with your doctor or have they recommended anything to you?

John