Are AA medicine really necessary for Osteoporosis stage 4?

[Verauk]

I´m 68 years old and I had a total histerectomy 30 years ago, so I became a menopause at age 39. I did not take estrogen or any other homonal reposition. I have healty habits ( feeding, exercices, no smoking , no alcohol). I´m a very active person and I dont have any other disease.

Recently I receive my diagnostic of Osteoporosis -3,0 in my spine.

Doctor have prescripted Risedronate. I´m afraid to start taking it due side efects. Does anyone can give me your experience in similar conditions?

I´m afraid also if I dont take the medicine, my spine start do hanchback.

Thank you for any advise or share of experience

[Met00]

I was diagnosed at age 58, spine -3.2, hip -2.3. However, some years later I discovered an error with the spine result, so at 58 I probably didn't have osteoporosis, just osteopenia (though I do have it now). Nearly 10 years later I don't take meds and have been living a healthy and active life. So a diagnosis of osteoporosis doesn't necessarily mean a lot. DEXA scans estimate bone density, not bone strength, and errors are common. You need to know all your t-scores, not just the spine, and your FRAX fracture risk (based on your neck of femur score and a number of other risk factors, including any fragility fractures). Any recommendation for medication should be guided by this FRAX s ore, not on your spine t-score. Ultimately it's your decision whether or not to take the meds, but bear in mind that if you're doing plenty of weight-bearing exercise your bones may well be strong.

[SusanEleven]

I had a surgical menopause around age 40 due to a uterine cancer diagnosis. (I’m 68 now.) No original equipment: they took my ovaries, uterus, tubes and cervix. But I was a complete surgical cure. I did use estrogen-only patches for a long time, finally stopping in 2015. I’ve never had good bone density but didn’t progress to osteoporosis until this year. Fosamax was pushed at me starting in the late 1990s if I remember correctly, when I didn’t have osteoporosis and the pressure to start the drug really put me off. My endocrinologist is pushing now but I’m still unsure. I had a fracture decades ago from an accident and it has stayed stable. I have a rare autoimmune Vasculitis so honestly my focus is on that.

[Margo]

I would recommend seeing a Nutritionist if you can afford it. Other than that get yourself on a good regime of supplements for bones K2, D3, Magnesium. I am the same age as yourself had all that you had and turned myself around with diet/supplements. I feel great now and never taken any medications.