I have osteoporosis and in November, I fell and broke my hip. Breaking my hip had less to do with the osteoporosis than it did with the way I fell. I'm fairly certain I would have broken my hip even if I didn't have osteoporosis, but unfortunately, statistically my break will be blamed on osteoporosis. I rejected Reclast as well as the rest of the bisphosphonates because side effects were unacceptable. I do a lot of exercising, which paid off in my recovery. It's less than 3 months and I walk unaided. If anyone knows of can effective treatment, I'd certainly be interested. BTW, I'm 82.