Bisphosphonates accumulate in your bone. When OsteoClasts gobble up your bone, bisphosphonates are released into the Osteoclasts and disable or kill the Osteoclasts. This is great news when the problem...
Fracture Risk is much more than Bone Mineral Density and t-score. Bone Health is affected by many medical conditions. That is why we check blood tests. Alkaline Phosphatase (alk phos) is...
Glucocorticoid Induced OsteoPorosis is more common than we thought. Individuals with Rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and other inflamatory diseases often need Prednisone and other steroids (glucocorticoids). 3 months of Prednisone 5...
Dr David Dempster presented spectacular pictures to the 2012 meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). They show clearly the different actions of the anabolic, Teriparatide...
My patient desperately wants to avoid taking medication for her worsening osteoporosis. She considers medications to be unnatural. She has already maintained her 25-hydroxy Vitamin D level above 40 ng/mL...