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Lee Anne, a registered nurse, considers herself a very healthy person overall, so she was upset when her gynecologist suggested she start taking Fosamax. Her local health food store recommended Dr. Brown’s book, so Lee Anne read it. She was “blown away” by its optimism and logical approach to bone health. After her appointment with […]
I hate to say “I told you so,” but for years here at the Center for Better Bones, I’ve said that Fosamax and similar drugs had the potential to actually make bones weaker. This is because these strong bisphosphonate medications dramatically reduce both bone breakdown and bone formation, and thus can lead to the creation […]
Last December, many news outlets were reporting the latest finding to come from the 2002 Women’s Health Initiative in articles that trumpeted the finding that women who were taking Fosamax and other bisphosphonates for their bones had 32% fewer breast cancers than women who weren’t. At first blush, the idea that you could prevent two […]
For some time now we have been hearing reports of strange jaw bone decay (osteonecrosis) associated with the use of Fosamax® and other bisphosphonate osteoporosis drugs including Actonel® and Boniva®. We have been told, however, that the risk of this frightful side effect (1) was extremely low (on the order of 1/1000 of a percent) […]
The latest crop of recent bone drugs contains new anabolic drugs that enhance bone density. These drugs are designed to build new bone, while the older bisphosphonate bone drugs at best can only halt bone loss. Patients are told just that—that these new anabolic treatments will increase their bone density and also decrease fracture risk. Given the magnitude of this claim, I felt compelled to take a closer look at these medications to try […]
Forteo™ (teriparatide) is a new and different drug on the scene as a treatment for osteoporosis. Other bone drugs, like Fosamax, Actonel, Boniva or even estrogen work to halt bone breakdown. Forteo, on the other hand, works to increase new bone formation. Short-term studies, in fact, report a common 9% increase in lumbar spine bone […]
It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of the way bone drugs like Prolia® and Fosamax® are used these days. But people sometimes misinterpret my thinking as being “anti-drug” — yet it’s not just the drugs I object to. It’s how medicine in general approaches bone health and fracture risk. I have at least […]
Q. What is your opinion of Reclast? Reclast is another form of the phosphonate drugs. It is stronger than the common drug Fosamax and is injected into the blood. At the Center for Better Bones we prefer to not use these types of drugs. First and foremost, we aim to find the causes of the […]
PEMF Therapy for Osteoporosis: Will It Help? At the most refined level the human body is seen not as blood and bones, but as a concentrated field of energy and information. In fact, the human bio-energetic field is measurable up to 15 feet into space (1). This localized field of energy and information is embedded within, and intertwined with, a universal matrix of energy and information. […]
It’s time to polish up my crystal ball and make my 2020 predictions for osteoporosis and your bone health! With so much new research to draw from, I see a year filled with bone health advancements. Take a look at what I think will become true in 2020 for osteoporosis, fracture risk assessment, bone health […]
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