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Osteoporosis from high dose prednisone
My husband has been on prednisone for a year. Most of that time he’s been on high doses. He’ll be on it for a while...
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Can diet and exercise alone rebuild bone mass
My husband was recently diagnosed with osteoporosis. His lumbar T-score is -3.3, neck -2.31 and -2.6, hip -1.5 and -1.8. He was prescribed Alendronate (Fosamax)...
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Medicine ball safe to use?
I'm wondering if lightly tossing an 8 lb medicine ball with my husband (who could benefit for other reasons) might be too dangerous with osteoporosis....
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Prolia scores
Im 65 and have taken fosamax for many years but am at the point where I need either Prolia or Evenity. Ive had some radiation...
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How fast can a T score go down in one year?
Just found out I have a negative 3T score in my spine and a -3.3 T score in one hip and -2.9 and the other,...
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DEXA scores: mild vs. severe
My primary doctor started me on Fosamax when my DEXA showed -2.5 in the spine. After four years the DEXA was -2.7. A specialist then...
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about to begin Evenity and nervous about side effects
Hello! I am a 65 yo healthy, active woman with osteoporosis. I had been on fosamax for nearly 5 years and a recent bone density...
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Too many years on osteoporosis meds??
I was diagnosed with osteopenia in 2000 at the age of 50 (had not reached menopause yet) and was put on Fosamax by my endocrinologist....
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DEXA Scan Discrepancies: Spine improvement and hip worsened
Good morning to all,I just received my DEXA results from last week’s scan, and they were a classic good news, bad news story.The good news...
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Anyone else starting drugs after long break?
About 30 years ago I fractured my pelvis in a fall and was diagnosed with osteopenia. I took Fosamax followed by 2 years of Forteo,...