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T score Z score. How bad?
I just had my first bone density screening 2 days ago. It was at a local health fair given by the local...
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Reply: What can I do?
Hi Lovelydancer-I am sorry to hear you have so many problems but you are also a very positive person,I can...
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Reply: Any link between Forteo and Kidney Stones?
I have severe osteoporosis (T score -4.2). I am taking Forteo and I am also worried about kidney stones. Are...
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Why do meds that make bones stronger increase risk...
This is a frequent question which brings fear to many prescribed bisphoshonates for osteoporosis....
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Reply: Bisphosphonate use in premenopausal women
Seriously, you just scared me. My doctor just ordered this for me after diagnosis as osteoporosis. Am...
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Butting Heads with my doctor
Two years ago my G.P. recommended that I start taking Fosomax based on the test results on bone density of my...
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Reply: Osteo and ribs
BTW I dislocated 4, count 'em, four ribs at a Super Bowl party when rotating my upper body to speak to a...
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Reply: what is really safe?
thanks...will try that.... am on asthma meds....think that's what pushed up the time frame for the osteo....
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Reply: medical definition?
just started adding the yogurt due to the osteo diagnosis...love the nuts but my husband can't have them...and...
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Reply: "Butting Heads" with My Doctor
I have been taking Osteo Denx, Lactoferrin and Calcium from Nikken. I also take Vitamin D-3 50,000 IU's once a...
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Reply: Need advice!!!
I was on Fosamax (fairly young, 35 years) for a number of years, and I don't have a lot of faith in its...
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Reply: T score parameters
If it's a 3.6, that is waay above normal and could be the result of arthritis making the bone look dense. ...
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Reply: Scan Results
Ask him for the T-scores. They should be printed on the scans. Osteoporosis is defined as a T-score of -2.5 or...
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Reply: Have I got a broken foot?
With fractures, intolerance of weight-bearing is a real give-away. If you have pain when you put your weight...
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Reply: Juvenile osteoporosis
My son Andrew was just diagnosed with juvenile osteoporosis and fractured his vertabray falling in the...
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Reply: Fosamax for Osteperosis
Reclast. It's an annual IV infusion that is covered by your health insurance, not drug coverage. It takes...
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Reply: What are my options, NOW?
I certainly sympathize with your there. I have the same problem myself. Sometimes carrying groceries up the...
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Reply: 15% spinal bone loss in one year--any help appreci...
We have not looked into that specific issue. We do know that inflammatory illnesses, such as Crohns or IBS,...
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Reply: EZorb as calcium supplement
I wouldn't sweat the type of calcium you take. Calcium is a mineral and there is no good or bad calcium....
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Reply: New Bone Density Study - Not all agree with resu...
Absolutely right. The biggest risk factor with osteoporosis is aging. To wait from age 67 to 82 for a repeat...
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Reply: How Do I treat Osteoporosis?
All of these replys are interesting . Since I have Osteoporosis and have tried the Boniva (had major reaction)...
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Reply: acid/alkaline food
I think that the body is adapted to control its pH automatically through various biochemical processes, so I...
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Reply: Broken Foot
I too have fracture at the 5th Metatarsal this happened back on Nov.18th and they did not find it until the...
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Reply: Osteoporosis in Men - Dioxins, Agent Orange
Thanks, My Doc is very aggressively working with me. She really keeps a connection. I do get e-mail from...
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Reply: ulna and radius fused together
Hey ,,, even i have the same problem like you people do... my radius and ulna are also fused ,,, so roughly...
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Reply: Side effect of STOPPING Fosamax
I think Merck now adds femur fractures to the risks in their package advice, which probably means that you...
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Reply: Friend has broken wrist needs surgery
Hi baseballgirl_22, I am sorry to hear about your friend and hope she has asked for a second...
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Reply: fosamax and hair loss
I have been on osteo meds for nearly four years now and I have had signifigant hair loss also. My meds were...
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Osteopenia - The Early Signs of Bone Loss
Not everyone who has osteopenia develops osteoporosis. But osteopenia can turn into osteoporosis...
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Reply: Confused
Thanks, this is helpful. The FRAX is what I will need to go by since I've never been on osteo meds & went...
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