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I totally agree with doctors pushing drugs. Like others have told you, your scores are not that bad. I feel osteoporosis is a serious condition that is letting you know things are out of whack wirh your body. That’s why I choose to see a functional medicine doctor who is helping me. My rheumatologist told me to take Tums if I didn’t go the medicine route.🤦….I would suggest reading R Keith McCormick, DCs books. I wish I had done that prior to meeting with the rheumatologist so I could ask intelligent questions. There are other test for measuring bone health besides a DEXA scan that, IMHO, need to be done before prescribing osteoporosis meds. Good luck in your journey.

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Got McCormick’s 700 pg.
book, “Great Bones” 2 days before the NP osteoporosis appointment. So, I tried to read the area on meds. before the appointment and referred back to those pages again after the appointment.

Super book.

I refused all the meds the NP offered.
She is running some tests and said that I could think about it and would never prescribe meds without a parathyroid blood test and some others.

But, she expects me to choose one one the 3 if these tests are negative.

No thanks....

Could you please specify what 'other test' beside a DEXA scan will measure bone health. Thanx.