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Treating Osteoporosis: What works for you?
Hi. I'm new to the site and am interested in treating osteoperosis. I'm 39 yo and recently had a bone density that showed I'm at -2.4. So, going through the intial "I can't believe it" stuff. 🙂
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Try ginger with it. Ginger tea or candied ginger are the forms most like best.
My husband has used curcumin 1500mgm plus topical Glucosamine MSM & Arnica available on Amazon.
He also has Acupuncture once a month. This combination has helped his OsteoArthritis greatly.
I hope this information might help you with the pain.
I was on Forteo for 2 years. Had 12% increase in Spine and 6% in hip. Now on Reclast with no adverse reaction, and will see how my numbers look in a year. I agree that exercise, diet and supplements are so very important… and is what I did for 25 years to hold off Osteoporosis. But at 65, with extra “help” from menopause, it was time to add that pharmaceutical assistance. Be informed and do what is truly best for yourself and your stage in this process.
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3 ReactionsForteo and Tymlos grow bone without halting turnover. Evenity grows bone AND to some extent halts turnover, but not to the extent that biphosphanates and Prolia do. You say the drugs that you researched do not grow bone. Forteo, Tymlos and Evenity all grow bone. What drugs are you researching?
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3 Reactions@migizi….me too!
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2 ReactionsHeritage 1955, You need to look at your diet. If you're where you can see a nutritionist or RD, do that. And look at what kind of exercise you've been doing and how often. Weight training is a good exercise for bones. You're too young to need a drug for bone health!!
Parus, "perks from pharmaceutical companies" would be what? Dinner in a nice restaurant? I worked in a teaching hospital for 20 years.
That's the "perk" they like to offer. Never to patients. Doctors are NOT trained in Rx'ing osteoporosis drugs. A pharm rep comes to the office with a new drug from his/her company. They talk with the MD briefly, if there's time, and leave samples. This is how doctors get new drugs. Once they're out of school, the opportunities to really learn are at conferences. They have to pick and choose which they will attend. Ask your prescribing doctor how he/she learned about the drug you are taking. Of course you will need more than a 10 min. appointment.
I meant to add: I have 5 dental implants and now a 6th in process. One of the risks with osteoporosis drugs is necrotic jaw bone. I can't risk that.
Nope, you can never "catch up." I haven't looked at Prolia, but the drugs I have researched do not grow new bone. They keep old bone from leaving as would normally happen. Old bone and new bone are not the same. The minerals your body needs to be able to add them to bone are: calcium, magnesium, boron, and zinc (with copper). You won't get enough vitamin D from being in the sun unless you're wearing a bikini and at the right place on the globe. I had a blood test (and another and another), thanks to my rheumatologist, and learned I need 5,000 IU of D3 / day. Even tho I'm in a place on the globe where I don't have to completely cover up outdoors most of the year. The Japanese treat osteoporosis with all this and add K2. ... The bones in the arms benefit from lifting weights, especially. Dumbbells are inexpensive. I have mine on an A frame which fits into a closet.
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1 ReactionThanks. I am very active for my age. I will follow your advise. Blessings