Osteoporosis

Fosamax sabbatical?
My doc thinks taking me off Fosamax for six months or a year to see what happens is a good idea. This make sense? I did Fosamax for two years minimal improvement. 52 year old male, idiopathic, pena in the hip and slight OP in the spine. Thoughts? ... 21 Dec 2007 06:16

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Ectopic Pregnancy
Ectopic Pregnancy Did you know that symptoms of ectopic pregnancy typically include lower back, abdominal, or pelvic pain. The pain usually gets worse before it gets better and more often than not vaginal bleeding will occur. I am expecting my first child in March. I have to admit that I was very nervous abou... 6 Dec 2007 10:36

Weight Loss - In a Natural Way
There are many rapid weight loss programs which guarantee weight loss in a natural way.The weight loss program is no way natural if it promises you fast weight loss. Lets have a look in which way we should lose weight if we want to do it in a natural way. As gaining weight is a slow process so weight loss is also a... 5 Dec 2007 01:17

Basics Bone and Osteoporosis questions
1) Where does osteoporosis happen in the compact part of the bone or in the spongy part? 2) Why is that some bones are more porous than other bones for example the thighbone and the hip will brake in people with osteoporosis more often than other bones/ 3) does this mean that only those bones have osteoporosis? or... 6 Dec 2007 08:34

I have a question
Hi All, My brother has osteoporosis. He was wondering if a person would have pain with this disease or if it is a painless disease? His back has been giving him a lot of problems. TIA Di ... 7 Dec 2007 11:16

Can I get a cortisone shot in the shoulder if I have osteoporosis?
Frozen Bone Syndrome is a possible side effect of bisphosphonate treatment ... although much more common with iv bisphosphonates than oral bisphosphonates. To some extent, there is debate about it in the medical community, but there have been many more cases in recent years. It happens when the dosage of bispho... 3 Dec 2007 09:23

Vitamin K1 vs K2
Ron Peterson wrote: On Dec 2, 5:36 am, trigonometry1...(a)gmail.com wrote: It looks like it takes about one milligram of K1 to optimize the formation of the bone matrix protein. Some vitamin K1 is converted into K2 in the gut. And I recall that K2 MK-7 has a longer biological half life than K2 ... 3 Dec 2007 02:46

Can I get a cortisone shot in the shoulder if I have osteoporosis?
I play a bit of tennis and have developed frozen shoulder apparently, and I just have to wait it out for it to go away. But a cortisone shot will help with the pain, I am told. I told my docs I was diagnoses with osteoporosis about two years ago at age 50 (and a male -- it is apparently ideopathic). They said two s... 3 Dec 2007 22:30

JAMA Patient Page on Hip Fractures
See http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/298/20/2442 FWIW. -- Ron ... 1 Dec 2007 15:18