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What supplements help Osteopenia, Osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Oct 20 8:12am | Replies (175)Comment receiving replies
dappy, I agree with you. I wonder how many people who have taken the bisphosphonates end up having fractures anyhow. I have a sister who claims her osteoporosis was reversed after she started jumping on a small trampoline 10 minutes a day. She has been taking some kind of multi mineral supplement . My neighbor took the bisphosphates for 5 years, stopped, and later was found to have a fractured vertebra without knowing what caused it. I have osteoporosis of the spine but would rather avoid taking the medication unless the effectiveness is high enough to seem worth it.
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I'll be talking with an endocrinologist to find out if the risks for me are worth it. For all the talk about OP being an experience that should be customized as far as treatment, the doctors sure talk in generalities a lot and imply we're intended to get some personal treatment takeaway idea out of that. I like Dr Gina Woods' graphic in her Osteoporosis Update 2018 YouTube video that shows how many OP patients would need to be treated with Bisphosphonates for 3 years to *help prevent* a single fracture vs how many would need to be treated to (allegedly/hypothetically) *harm*/(cause a single atypical femur fracture) and it made a general case for medicating (see attached). My personal decision is TBD.