Osteoporosis

How to interpret this DXA?
Someone askd me too post this for her. Shes post menopausal in her 50s. Shes also been on 20 mg of omeprazole everyday for hiatus hernia. And she said she realy avoids the sun to save her skin. She had a DXA done and it gave normal readings for her arm and hip but lower for the spine and one veterbra showd osteop... 26 Feb 2007 13:56

My Osteoporosis update
I've now been taking Forteo for 11 months. My endo has his own DEXA scanner, so (since different DEXA machines are known to give different readings) I asked my primary care doc to order another another DEXA from the lab where I had my original DEXAs done. That one machine has now given me the following readings: ... 25 Feb 2007 07:22

Milk
Isn't drinking milk supposed to be good for persons suffering from osteoporosis? But what if the person has lactose intolerance? ... 24 Feb 2007 19:23

confused by results of DEXA
I just had a repeat DEXA after about 2 years. My doctor said it's ok, but I asked for a copy and when I took it home, it didn't seem so ok to me. And....I don't understand it all. Spine: "Based on analysis of L2-4, bone mineral density is 1.003 gm/cm2. T score is -1.6 and bone mass is low. Since the p... 24 Feb 2007 19:23

Oxidative stress & non-drug treatment options.
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Test out the meds before you buy more online - now an online lab provides quantitative analytical services
Many of us are aware of the risks involved in buying medications from online pharmacies. They are cheap, yes. But, dont we often wonder if the tablets are real and contain what they supposed to. Wouldn't it be great if you not only save money buying the meds cheap online but also have the peace of mind knowing they... 6 Mar 2007 00:56

vibration machine -- Juvent
The article linked below was in today's Toronto Sun. I'm surprised that there isn't more discussion of this in this group. Maybe it's hard to find information but if this is as good as it looks, I'll buy one. That doesn't mean I'd stop exercise, etc. One way to fight osteoporosisMachine may well be in forefront o... 15 Feb 2007 06:13

Curcumin => ROS in osteoblasts
It seems that bone doesn't like curcumin. Below is another negative study on curcumin and osteoblasts. Kofi predicted this earlier himself: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.baldspot/browse_thread/thread/1b1ce6bc 9efb04f6 Same bad news for Quercetin. The good news is that osteoclasts (which are responsible ... 13 Jan 2007 07:22

Forteo
mvb wrote: My mother in law has just been prescribed Forteo and I was wondering if anyone here has used it and what the results were. She has already had several vertebral fractures and undergone vertebroplasty last summer. Has been on Fosamax and myacaltin (sp?) for about a year, but apparently they ... 24 Dec 2006 05:57