June 16, 2014
Atypical Fracture of the Femur (AFF) and OsteoNecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ) are rare complications of Untreated Osteoporosis. They also occcur rarely in patients treated with long term Antiresorptives including: Fosamax,...
June 3, 2014
Are your bones still good enough and just need to be maintained? Or have you fractured several times and need to rebuild your bones? Are Steroid Inhalers supressing your Osteoblasts...
May 30, 2014
Patients who have already fractured may need osteoporosis medications. Adding fractures to a low BMD or T-score on DXA makes the Clinical Osteoporosis more severe and increases Fracture Risk. This...
March 8, 2014
“You are entering a Data-Free Zone” That was unfortunately the messasge at the joint meeting of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) and the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) last month. ...
February 13, 2014
Several patients in the last month have decided not to take the “unnatural” risk of taking medication for their Postmenopausal Osteoporosis. They have been scared by the media emphasis on...
July 30, 2013
A patient recently reported that she experienced insomnia “complications” after starting her osteoporosis medication. She found people on the internet who had experienced the same problem after taking this medication. ...
July 19, 2013
Estrogen alone as Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is safe. Estrogen actually saves lives compared to no estrogen replacement after hysterectomy in women between 50 and 59. 13 women’s lives were...
June 12, 2013
Based on advertizements and extensive research on the internet, a patient recently added Strontium Citrate to her treatment for falling Bone Mineral Density (BMD). What she read claimed that Strontium...
December 29, 2012
A reader has asked about bone cancer and Forteo. Osteosarcoma is a rare bone cancer. Lilly has endowed a 15-year independent study (suggested by the FDA) of all Osteosarcoma patients in...
November 30, 2012
How do you know when an Antiresorptive medication is best? First, the situation needs to be beyond the capability to Take Control Naturally with Calcium Citrate and Vitamin D3 alone....