What helps improve osteoporosis without medication?

Just my personal experience, when I asked my dentist about taking osteoporosis drugs , he was very adamant that I NOT take them. I have Sjogerns Syndrome so I watch my oral health very closer…

@cpd54 and @srose not all osteoporosis drugs pose dental concerns, but some dentists, in my experience, don't know that.

Prolia, bisphosphonates and to a lesser extent Evenity pose dental risks but Forteo and Tymlos do not.

In 2004 I was 51 turning 52 at the very end of the year:
Firstly, my numbers
2004 Femoral Neck -2.8
2019 Femoral Neck -.6

I tried Doctor prescribed meds in 2004. I did not feel that I could live with the side effects.
I stopped the meds; I did lots of research and had some more tests run to ck my hormones.

I began a regime of:
Bioidentical Hormones
Strontium Citrate at night
Ez Orb Calcium in the morning; there are generic forms of this now available which are cheaper

Plus:
All the usual suspects of good health were taken or cked...vit d, k, weight bearing and jarring exercise etc
Melatonin a small amount at night to sleep, I mention because a study has shown it to be helpful to encourage the body to grow bone.

I have had no known fractures and no side effects since beginning strontium citrate or this regime.

Just my personal experience, when I asked my dentist about taking osteoporosis drugs , he was very adamant that I NOT take them. I have Sjogerns Syndrome so I watch my oral health very closer…

OMG, I too have Sjogren's and osteoporosis. Aside from the dental issues with osteo drugs, I'm concerned about side effects triggering more Sjogren's symptoms.

@naomid Forteo and Tymlos do not have dental issues. I have lupus and another autoimmune condition and Tymlos did not trigger any symptoms. Just one person though!

Thanks, windyshores. Unfortunately I learned that I can't take Forteo because I had radiation for breast cancer and it reached the spine. At this point I'm thinking of getting a Marodyne Low Intensity Vibration platform, adding in daily collagen, increasing my daily exercise and giving it one more year without meds. I know it's risky, but meds are too.

I bought a Marodyne LIV device too. Still waiting for delivery. I’m scheduled to have a repeat Dexa scan in November 2023. Hopefully the result will show some improvement.

Wow, good luck! And I can't wait to hear if you get the results we're all hoping for. There is a study out of New Zealand indicating that the device either stops bone loss or contributes to bone growth in the lumbar spine and femur. I need to go back to the study and see how long it took to Garner those results. If I can find the link I will post it here