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Dairy (including milk, kefir, yogurt etc.) actually increases bone fractures?

Many doctors and articles seem to tout dairy for the calcium to help build bone density, yet I am reading more articles that seem to reinforce the studies...

Many doctors and articles seem to tout dairy for the calcium to help build bone ...

•7 months ago

calcium citrate

I only had 3 adcal-d3 tablets 1 a day but I got constipation, I have a hiatus hernia, which is the best calcium citrate I have read they are easier on your...

I only had 3 adcal-d3 tablets 1 a day but I got constipation, I have a hiatus he...

•7 months ago

calcium citrate or adcal-d3

I have just started adcal-d3 3 days ago, I have also got a hiatus hernia, I now have constipation not good, would calcium citrate be better, I also take a ppi...

I have just started adcal-d3 3 days ago, I have also got a hiatus hernia, I now ...

•7 months ago

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New treatment

New study and possible treatment in Australia: https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/Article/2023/January/Study-points-to-potential-new-treatment-for-osteoporosis

New study and possible treatment in Australia: https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/Art...

•7 months ago

Stem Cell For Bones?

Hi I am interested to know if anyone has had Stem Cell treatment for Osteoporosis. If you have did that help you at all? Or if you found a vibration plate...

Hi I am interested to know if anyone has had Stem Cell treatment for Osteoporosi...

•7 months ago

-2.5 femoral neck and the Endocronoligist wants me to start a biophosphate.

One femoral neck is diagnosed as osteoporosis as of August. Spoke with an Endo today and he felt that Fosomax or Actenol would increase bone density by 60% to...

One femoral neck is diagnosed as osteoporosis as of August. Spoke with an Endo ...

•7 months ago

Osteoporosis in fingertips

Hi I've recently been diagnosed with osteopenia in some areas of spine and hips. I have Sjogrens Syndrome and the rheumatologistordered hand x-rays and these...

Hi I've recently been diagnosed with osteopenia in some areas of spine and hips....

•7 months ago

absorbing calcium

I have just started taking 1 adcal-d3 a day, but it's hard to know if you are absorbing calcium because you read of so many foods that block and leech calcium...

I have just started taking 1 adcal-d3 a day, but it's hard to know if you are ab...

•7 months ago

R.E.M.S scans

Can anyone tell me where the nearest facility for getting a R.E.M.S. scan is to Suffolk please.

Can anyone tell me where the nearest facility for getting a R.E.M.S. scan is to ...

•7 months ago

Nutrizing vit k

Is anyone taking nutrizing vitk2 . Have been unable to contact the company about the dose. It says 600 ug, or 600 micro grams ?Containing m7 and nato.

Is anyone taking nutrizing vitk2 . Have been unable to contact the company about...

•7 months ago

flu and covid vaccinations and back pain

Had both this morning - my flu arm is really sore, covid arm is fine, but my back is aching horribly. Could it be connected?

Had both this morning - my flu arm is really sore, covid arm is fine, but my ba...

•7 months ago

Aledronic acid

hi should I get a dexa scan before starting Aledronic acid for osteoporosis. I’m very worried about Aledronic acid.

hi should I get a dexa scan before starting Aledronic acid for osteoporosis. I’m...

•7 months ago

adcal-d3

my oncologist said to take a calcium supplement for my severe osteoporosis, I already take 1000iu d3 and k2-mk7,will adding adcal-d3 be ok.

my oncologist said to take a calcium supplement for my severe osteoporosis, I a...

•7 months ago

Hip pain 3 years after repkacement

I had a hip replacement 3 years ago which according to my consultant was successful. Since then I have experienced pain in my lower back above the buttocks on...

I had a hip replacement 3 years ago which according to my consultant was success...

•7 months ago

zoledronic acid and afib

HI,does anyone suffer from fluttering or shuddering in there chest or back which I am getting now.

HI,does anyone suffer from fluttering or shuddering in there chest or back which...

•7 months ago

Had my REMS scan today

Excellent session and good news - REMS shows that I don’t have osteoporosis even though DXA says I did! I am osteopenic which is what I suspected and why I...

Excellent session and good news - REMS shows that I don’t have osteoporosis even...

•7 months ago

Avoiding falls and breaking bones #Bonematters

In this session, we’ll look at ways of reducing the risk of falls to maintaining bone health, independence, and quality of life. Nurse Manager Julia is joined...

In this session, we’ll look at ways of reducing the risk of falls to maintaining...

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My doctor is recommending prolia for my osteoporosis. Is anyone taking it and what do you think about it?

Just diagnosed with osteoporosis. My doctor is recommending prolia but I don't know if I should take it after reading all the reviews. Risedronate did not...

Just diagnosed with osteoporosis. My doctor is recommending prolia but I don't k...

•7 months ago

reclast no more

after reading on save our bones regarding how people are suffering on osteoporosis drugs reasonably healthy people becoming crippled ,is it really worth it,I...

after reading on save our bones regarding how people are suffering on osteoporos...

•7 months ago

reclast and palpitations

hi,I had a reclast infusion on the 25th April, I have started getting palpitations and missed ectopic beats, been reading that it can cause artrial arterial...

hi,I had a reclast infusion on the 25th April, I have started getting palpitatio...

•7 months ago

DXA vs REMS

I was diagnosed with osteoporosis in the US following a DXA scan at 56 years of age in May 2023. Spine -2.7 and femoral head -2.6. I live in the US but went...

I was diagnosed with osteoporosis in the US following a DXA scan at 56 years of ...

•7 months ago

Calcium without sweeteners

Does anyone know of a calcium/D3 supplement without sucrose or other artificial sweeteners which a GP will prescribe? There are plenty of over-the-counter...

Does anyone know of a calcium/D3 supplement without sucrose or other artificial ...

•7 months ago

Parents

Ok..I older..my.mom my aunts no one did bone density. Not 1 not my mom not my 9 aunts broke anything. They all lived to 80+ years. No one lost teeth. Not...

Ok..I older..my.mom my aunts no one did bone density. Not 1 not my mom not my 9...

•7 months ago

Meds and osteoporosis

Years and years ago diagnosed with osteopenia. Tried pills for it but my stomach couldn't handle so doctor said injections...2 times a year fir 2 years. I felt...

Years and years ago diagnosed with osteopenia. Tried pills for it but my stomach...

•7 months ago

Long Term Avoidance of calcium

Hello, I am male and 62yo. I have had issues with digesting dairy products for a number of years. At my last GP blood test the calcium number was 'normal' but...

Hello, I am male and 62yo. I have had issues with digesting dairy products for ...

•8 months ago

Atypical femoral fracture symptoms

I am on zoledronic acid infusions. I know these have a rate side effect of atypical femoral fractures. About a year ago I developed pain in my hip. OP nurse...

I am on zoledronic acid infusions. I know these have a rate side effect of atypi...

•8 months ago

Any young people with shitty bones on this?

I’m 27 with severe osteoporosis and multiple vertebral fractures. My spine basically collapsed last year from too many corticosteroids. I shrunk 3 inches, have...

I’m 27 with severe osteoporosis and multiple vertebral fractures. My spine basic...

•8 months ago

Hip pain

I have severe OP, had 5 compression fractures, 2 years of teriparatide, now on Raloxifene. Over the last week I’ve had nasty hip pain, much worse at night. It...

I have severe OP, had 5 compression fractures, 2 years of teriparatide, now on R...

•8 months ago

Tooth extraction

Hello first time posting on here, I've recently had my first zoledronic acid infusion for osteoporosis 4 weeks ago and now I need 2 teeth out and have been...

Hello first time posting on here, I've recently had my first zoledronic acid inf...

•8 months ago

Cambridge area OP exercise class?

I have osteoporosis and would love to find a fun, regular, class run locally in the Cambridge area, which involves suitable weight resistance/core strength...

I have osteoporosis and would love to find a fun, regular, class run locally in...

•8 months ago

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