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Bone health and long term Prednisone/steroid use

Posted by gowalking @gowalking, Jun 20 6:31am

With years of continuous steroid use, has anyone had poor bone health?....70 year old, post menopause, female

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gravity3 | @gravity3 | Jun 20 7:07am

Yes, long term use of corticosteroids can negatively impact bone health.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK12555/

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gravity3 | @gravity3 | Jun 20 7:09am

Have you had any dexa scans? If so what are your scores? Are you taking hrt/bhrt, bone medications?

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