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Been for a density scan and found out I got a fracture in my spine L1-L4. T-SCORE -3.5 and a femoral neck fracture T SCORE-3.0.THEY SAID I got osteoporosis. I'm on acdel and D3 and alendronic once a week. I'm waiting to see a specialist. Do you think this is bad.i read some a nd there's some worse them me

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I have one fracture in same place on back. I’m much older than you though. I’m not prepared to take any of the drugs as I don’t consider them good drugs. If I were younger I might consider the risk.

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