Treating Osteoporosis: What works for you?

@migizii Hi, My endocrinologist wants me to take cacium citrate, not just calcuim I take 2 a day 1000mg one at breakfast and the other one at supper or you my call it dinner. I was raised on a farm. I'm going to send a message to my endocrinologist to see if I need to be on 1200 mg of cacium citrate.. I use Miralax for constipation and at Amazon you can get generic. Miralax you can get it to less cost. I don't use a whole cap of Miralax or it causes loss stools. Really lose. I hope this helps.

@lilypaws The "C" is for constipation🙂Prolia seems to have made this vexing problem worse. I found the first two injections caused mild fatigue which went away after the first month. With this fourth injection, other than the "C" situation, I have no other side effects.
My doctor seems happy with my dexa scan results as there has been definite improvement in both the hip and the spine.
I do the like the fact that it is just one injection every six months. Easy.
The one fact when considering Prolia is you cannot take a break or you risk getting a break. Abruptly stopping Prolia puts you at risk for spontaneous vertebral fractures. So, you need to transition to another med. I am okay with that.
Hope you are recovering nicely from that lengthy surgery. Be well.

@sue225 Yes you are on the right track. My endocrinologist changed me to Calcium Citrate. I take 1000 mg in the morning and 1000mg at dinner. How do you like Prolia? any side effects? I'm on Tymlos now because my bones are soft. Had a 9 hour fusion surgery. After I get off tymlos I will have to go on something else and I was thinking about Prolia. But I have to be on Tymlos for 2 years and I think I started in March. I'm sorry you live with irritable bowel-"C". What does the "C" mean?

Have you been taking calcium carbonate? It is known to cause constipation. Calcium citrate is absorbed better and does not need to be taken with food and is much less likely to cause constipation. I have recently started on 250mg of calcium citrate twice a day. Since I live with irritable bowel-"C", calcium carbonate is a no-no. I am a finicky eater and cannot ever get enough calcium from my diet. I'm on Prolia so it's another reason for taking a supplement.

@migizii your (nancyguy) discussion on nutrients as it relates to osteoporosis is very interesting. My endocrinologist is recommending I increase my calcium supplements to 1200 mg split 3x a day, but it is causing constipation. This, I am not following his recommendations exactly. Other than prunes (which I might try), do you have ideas in ways to increase calcium in your diet naturally and could possibly not cause constipation? Thx for listening and have a good day.

Need to add protein powders to my diet. I've had to delete many foods from my diet (ckd, diabetes), but the biggest problem remains my IBS. If you would be so kind as to share what you find out about protein powders, I'd be a happy camper. Also, my husband has Dementia, which has affected his food-eating to a considerable extent. Anyone have sneaky ways to have him eat more nourishing meals, I'd appreciate hearing about them. One idea I've tried seems to work, and that is to ask my friends to save that little bit of leftover for me. It adds great variety to his diet, but relieves me of the problem of how to improve his diet without making quantities of food I can't eat.

@nancyguy Trying to get the nutrients that support your bones is very difficult I am finding. I track my food on myfitnesspal. I started because as always, I am trying to drop some pounds, but the bonus is that it tracks nutrients such as calcium and protein too. I only discovered recently that protein is very important too, our bones are 50% protein. If you have osteoporosis the recommended amount of protein is more than otherwise. So now I am trying to eat more protein too and it's getting very difficult to do that and keep my calories down.
Fairlife milk is high protein so I buying that now and trying to have a glass or two of that a day, It was recommended to me because it's lactose-free and I am lactose intolerant. The high protein content was a serendipity. I know there are some decent protein powders but I am not sure which are good and which are not considered to be good. I will try to research that more.
JK

Thank you, JK, for the info! I read the entire US news article re bones; also the one re B-12, inasmuch as I am vegan, except for eating salmon.

Good article.

@sue225 The advantage of prunes is that they are actually beneficial for osteoporosis. This is just one of many articles about that.
https://health.usnews.com/wellness/food/articles/2018-01-03/eating-for-your-bones
JK