Osteoporosis - Janna & Julianna

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Hi Juliana,

 

Yeah, oops. Sorry.

 

Hi Janna,

 

I had the great good fortune of having a brother who

is a doctor so I know just how little doctors actually

"know". We all need to be proactive in our own health

care. So read all you can, and pick a good doctor -

cause they don't have that much time to keep up on the

literature and that literature is often sponsored by

the people selling the drug.

 

I've long ago thrown away my literature on Fosamax and

Actonel. I was trained as a lawyer so Fine Print (the

smaller the better) is what I tend to read first. And

the fine print on most pharmaceuticals (unfortunately)

tends to bode very ill for livers. There is actually a

book that lists pharmaceuticals and the corresponding

diseases they exacerbate or even create! I tried to

get my hands on it, but it's out of print. I guess

that as a society we are really not interested in side

effects, just give us a quickie solution. Oh well.

 

What I mean to say is that sometimes, even the worst

stuff works well for some people. Hopefully it will

for you. But I've heard of way too many "common" drugs

that have had to be pulled after 10-15 years for

causing too much devastation. I believe that either

Fosamax or Actonel (if not both) were actually

approved faster than normal. That makes me nervous. We

won't know what these drugs really do for another

decade and you have to take it DAILY.

 

Also, a doctor (but we don't know what he really

knows) said that these drugs inhibit the body breaking

down bone - so, yes, you have more bone, but you have

more of the kind of bone that is weaker and ready to

be discarded anyway. Not new bone. That's what I was

told. And I THINK that's what I read, but I don't have

the paperwork anymore.

 

Either way, study the subject yourself. It is time

well worth spending.

 

I have NOT been diagnosed with Osteoporosis so I feel

impartial when reading this stuff. But I'm as prone to

mistakes as anyone else.

 

Good luck!

 

 

 

 

 

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