Osteo 50’s

[Restorativeage]

52 yrs with Dexa spine -4.7. Worrisome. Options confusing as I’m on HRT & colon surgery long ago. Not seeing studies on 51 yr old taking bone meds. Any suggestions or experience?

[Met00]

What was your hip t-score? If that's very different, there's a possibility that the spine score could be wrong.

[Restorativeage in reply to Met00]

I think you’re onto something…my hip score improved to osteopenia from osteoporosis last time -1.75 but definitely better. Have you heard of a trabecular bone scan? It measures inside of bone health.

Sounds like perhaps I got a faulty Dexa?

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to Restorativeage]

I would have a read through all the advice given on this website theros.org.uk you will find masses of information on there about every aspect of osteoporosis, there are lots of other books out that will explain all about bones.

[Met00 in reply to Restorativeage]

Yes, TBS is a useful technology, but sadly not widely available. That is a MASSIVE difference between your 2 scores and should have prompted them to rescan! Unfortunately DEXA errors are all too common. What prompted the scan, have you had a fragility fracture?

[Hidden]

Hi there, check out saveourbones.com/

Lots of info about bone chemistry and what to do and take. There's a starter kit and then you can choose to sign up which I did.

The creator is Vivian Goldschmidt, diagnosed with osteoporosis in her 50s.

I was terrified at first after being advised to take alendronic acid. So glad I did my research with SOB and other websites and now being proactive about my bones.

[1000Miler in reply to Hidden]

I've just had a quick look at Save Our Bones and was very put off by the way it appears to be preying upon people's fears about their condition.It comes across to me I'm afraid, as a bit of a con. They make very serious and sweeping statements that they don't back up with any verifiable evidence.

They accuse pharmaceutical companies of heavily marketing their products, but SOB, of course, does exactly the same (as any business would).

Where is the evidence for the claims made? For example, they state that one in every 10 people taking bisphosphonates will suffer from osteonecrosis of the jaw. That is absolutely untrue. I think they have missed out a few zeros there!

They also seem to take pleasure in pointing out that earlier forms of bisphisphonates were used in industry. And their point is.. what? I can only conclude that the information is given purely in order to frighten people.

I use olive oil as a corrosion inhibitor on my steel and iron cookware. I also eat it.

I use vinegar to clean the windows and lemon juice to descale the taps.

Just because a substance has more than one use, doesn't necessarily mean that it's bad.

Don't get me wrong I'm not a flag-waving promoter of bisphisphonates, far from it. I was just rather shocked by the scaremongering tactics used by Save Our Bones and felt compelled to express my views on their very dubious business model.

Personally, I think they're "snake oil" salesmen and wouldn't touch them with a barge pole.