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What helps improve osteoporosis without medication?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Mar 26 9:32am | Replies (370)Comment receiving replies
I am new to this group and happy to find others who are attempting to avoid meditations. I am in my eighties and afraid of the side effects listed for the medications and the reports that people have experienced. I asked my doctor for alternate plans to avoid medications, but the doctor only mentioned different medications. I was not asking for a cure or bone growth, just something like effective doses of vitamin supplements or physical therapy. The doctor had no suggestions. I was told by the doctor that the side effects I wanted to avoid were not the result of the medications but health problems people already had. I am glad this group has interests in pursuing ways to live with osteoporosis by trying to avoid medications or at least managing them.
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They are side effects or they wouldn’t be listed in the pamphlet. I wish doctors would be honest when it comes to these medications. Exercises to improve balance, eating enough protein and taking the right supplements for bone health might help. Wishing you the best!
I found R Keith McCormick, DC book, The Whole Body Approach to Osteoporosis, to be highly informative, with the suggestions for alternative treatment options that I was looking for. Margaret Martins, https://melioguide.com/, is an excellent website for exercise information.
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Some of us have fractured and will suffer just about any side effects to take medications, but as it turns out, many of us can tolerate a medication at some point, without significant problems. Drug companies are required to list side effects, and those who do suffer significant ones are more likely to post here.
If osteoporosis is not severe and there are no fractures, Dr. Keith MCCormick's books are very helpful. He wrote "The Whole Body Approach to Osteoporosis" and more recently "Great Bones," which has a lot of info about meds. I hope the non-medication route works well for you but I post here because I delayed meds and now have 7 spinal fractures- life changing pain and disability.