This article is a follow-up to the last titled Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis: Could They be Causing Your Low T-Scores? In this post we'll discuss medications that can cause osteoporosis and the recommended tests you should have to get an accurate diagnosis of bone loss.
Many of the medications that cause osteoporosis are the kind that are considered maintenance medications; meaning you need to take this to treat another more serious medical disorder. Because it wouldn't be a good...
Recently, we heard about Gwyneth Paltrows' diagnosis of osteopenia; this news put another spotlight on the benefits of early detection for... Read more »
NASA sends mice into space for a unique study on osteoporosis. Astronauts lose bone mass while traveling in zero gravity, and a new... Read more »
Full Question:I am a 49 year-old woman who has had migraines for the last fifteen years. I've been taking 500 mg. of Depakote and 50 mg... Read more »
Full Question: Do you know of any reliable research on the effects of Zonegran usage on bone density in a woman of peri and... Read more »
Reader Question: I have osteoporosis and have been taking Fosamax for the past 3 years. I was just reading in the paper this morning that... Read more »
Diseases that fall under spondyloarthritis umbrella are ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis (known previously as Reiter's syndrome) psoriatic... Read more »
Children who have Crohn's disease have bone loss that researchers say does not completely resolve with treatment. Traditionally, bone loss in IBD... Read more »
A joint US-China study concluded that exposure to second-hand smoke increased the risk of osteoporosis in pre-menopausal women by a factor of three.... Read more »
A new study has found that premenopausal women who suffer from depression have lower bone mass than women in the same age range who are not... Read more »
Though recent studies have said that body fat may help increase bone mass, new research suggests that the opposite may be true. A study at the... Read more »
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