Tag Archives: osteopenia

Brittle bones and blocked blood vessels: a cautionary tale

The current pharmaceutical standard of care for management of bone loss is supplemental calcium and the bisphosphonate drug class. The generics for the latter have the name formula of : ”XYZ – dronate”. Currently there are six versions on the market, and they are prescribed more than 25 million times per year. Obviously, brittle and broken bones are not only a…

How often do you need bone density testing?

If you are a woman over 50, you have probably either read about, or heard from your doctor, that you need interval bone density testing to ‘prevent osteoporosis’.   While the potential for progression toward severe bone loss and its risk for fractures should not be ignored, the majority of women do not need the most aggressive measures in follow up testing.  …