| Osteoporosis medications Fosamax, Actonel and | | | | levels. |
| Boniva are a class of drugs called biphosphonates | | | | Check your Ph. Most people over fifty have an acid |
| which destroy the osteoclast cells so they won't | | | | ph usually because of diet and stress. This takes |
| break down bone. Osteoblasts are cells which build | | | | calcium out of your bones so that acid is bound and |
| new bone. When more old bone is taken and not | | | | carried out through your urine. This is easily corrected |
| enough new cells are available to the body to rebuild | | | | by eating most of your foods that create an |
| bone, thinning and osteoporosis is the result. These | | | | alkalizing effect and less acidifying foods. |
| drugs can cause muscle and joint pain that can not | | | | Do you have celiac disease which impairs digestion |
| be helped with pain relievers and can cause even | | | | and absorption of many nutrients? Celiac disease is an |
| weaker bones that will not heal. | | | | often overlooked cause of osteoporosis. But, with a |
| Evista is another class of drugs called Selective | | | | gluten-free diet bone loss can be reversed. |
| Estrogen Receptor Modulators or SERMS. All the | | | | Take Calcium Citrate in a balance of 1200 to 1600mg |
| SERMS drugs work by attaching to estrogen | | | | of calcium to 600 mg to 800 mg of Magnesium |
| receptors on tissues. They have a slight estrogen | | | | Citrate. Magnesium improves your body's ability to |
| effect causing a positive effect on bone building. Like | | | | absorb it. |
| all drugs they too have side effects and shouldn't be | | | | Take Vitamin D 1000 to 1200 mg daily. |
| used by certain people. | | | | Vitamin B12 increases the absorption of calcium. |
| Osteoporosis medications like Calcitonin is another | | | | Women who have the highest levels of B12 |
| drug used for osteoporosis. It is a man-made | | | | compared to lower levels had a considerable |
| hormone that is found naturally in people, other | | | | decrease in bone loss and fractures and high levels of |
| mammals, and some types of fish and birds. Like all | | | | B12 reduced the chances of getting osteoporosis. |
| hormones, Calcitonin is a chemical messenger; it helps | | | | Although Boron is present only in minuscule amounts, |
| regulate normal blood calcium levels and reduces | | | | it has been linked to significant improvements in |
| progressive bone loss. This is available only by | | | | osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. Research has shown |
| prescription. It has been shown to prevent fractures | | | | that Boron, when taken by post-menopausal women |
| of the spine but not of the hip and wrist. It is | | | | had a significant outcome on reducing the amount of |
| approved to treat women with osteoporosis but its | | | | calcium that is lost in the urine. |
| use is not often recommended. Women who take | | | | DHEA; Women with higher levels of DHEA had |
| Calcitonin must watch their intake of foods with high | | | | greater bone mass than those with lower DHEA |
| calcium levels like milk and cheese, as excessive | | | | levels. |
| calcium can be dangerous. Calcitonin is administered | | | | Reduce Homocysteine levels by taking Folic Acid with |
| through a nasal spray; side effects may include nasal | | | | Vitamin B12 and B6 |
| congestion and nausea. | | | | Silica works with calcium to maintain bone strength. |
| The first thing doctors will do is prescribe one of | | | | Vitamin K1 or K2; Supplemental vitamin K1 or K2 |
| these drugs if you have osteopenia or osteoporosis. I | | | | reduced bone mass loss. Vitamin K2 was associated |
| was prescribed Actonel and within 2 weeks had a | | | | with increased bone density. |
| bad reaction of joint and muscle pain. I have always | | | | Take Kelp for its high mineral content. |
| been active and exercised so the pain in my back | | | | Quercetin studies have shown to have bone-building |
| was beyond my desire to continue the | | | | effects. |
| pharmaceutical drug route. I decided to try it my way | | | | Lactoferrin is a milk protein, used for its immune |
| for one year and see if my osteoporosis improved. | | | | boosting properties. The results of a study in New |
| My research also found that many prescription drugs | | | | Zealand have shown promise of lactoferrin to inhibit |
| block calcium and encourage osteoporosis! | | | | bone breakdown and increase bone growth. |
| I started researching and found there is quite a bit | | | | Strontium a mineral helps osteoblast cells build bone. |
| you can do besides using osteoporosis medications. | | | | It is similar to calcium and magnesium. Take 340 mg, |
| Here's what I found: | | | | do not take with calcium, and take several hours |
| Avoid alcohol. One drink a day is OK. But in general | | | | after taking calcium. Do not confuse the mineral |
| alcohol creates an acidic ph level in your body and | | | | strontium with another (strontium 90) found in |
| reduces the amount of calcium your body can utilize. | | | | nuclear fall out and is a recognized toxin. |
| Don't skip meals; eat smaller high quality foods often. | | | | Do not rely completely on alternative osteoporosis |
| Being underweight or losing a lot of weight can cause | | | | treatments such as vitamins and diet or osteoporosis |
| poor bone health. | | | | medications if you take them. You must also do |
| Don't Smoke. Smoking causes your body not to | | | | weight bearing activity like lifting weights, wearing a |
| absorb calcium and people who smoke tend not to | | | | weight vest while walking, or jogging. When your |
| eat as often or eat fruits and vegetables which are | | | | muscles have resistance they get stronger and pull |
| so vital to bone health. | | | | on your bones so to speak, this stimulates new bone |
| Alternative Osteoporosis Treatments You Can | | | | growth. Becoming more fit will help you become |
| Implement; | | | | stronger, grow bone and improve coordination so |
| Check your parathyroid. Its main job is to adjust | | | | you won't slip and fall resulting in broken bones. |
| calcium in your blood. If the calcium in your blood | | | | People who fall and fracture a hip can die from |
| gets low the parathyroid secretes a hormone that | | | | complications within one year! |
| will take calcium out of the bone to adjust your | | | | |