Dear Pam,
You ave posed another interesting question. All I can say is that In India before the coming of modern medicine as we know it there was Homeopathy brought here by the westerners. And they have a disease in homeopathy which is known as "brittle bones"!! ( There is no mention of the word Osteoporosis) And strangely enough they had a cure for it then -- which is used by homeopaths even now and that is Calcaerea Phos. This is simply calcium phosphate diluted into a very small amount in the tablets -- so that it is of significance in penetrating into the cells. They also believe that if one takes this drug then the calcium he eats with the food will be better assimilated. There are some patients who cant afford allopathic medicines who go to the homeopaths for their very cheap medicines. Example if the allopathic drug costs $ 2 then the homeopathy drug costs 2 cents!!! Most poor people go to homeopaths for bone problems!! And the rich turn to homeopaths when they find no relief from the allopathic drugs.
Best wishes and thanks for such a brilliant article again!
You give the best!
Yours,
Priya
Hi Priya, thanks for joining us once again... I'm curious, you mentioned this cure for osteoporosis (brittle bones) and was wondering how many people actually reverse there t-scores back to normal taking this supplement you mentioned. If this really works, like you say, I bet many here would like to get their hands on it 
Have you ever noticed any difference in the outcomes of those choosing alopathy as opposed to homeopathy for the treatment of bone loss. Do you have statistics that would tell us which group does better? If so, I'm sure everyone would like to hear about it.
Another thing we need to look at with osteoporosis and whether it's a new phenomenum or old, is that we do have many more people living longer, so longer life = more bone loss, fractures, and death-related fracture problems, as well as many other health related issues.
We also need to look at our younger generation and compare it to ours and those who came before us, and we most definitely have a more sedentary group of children. Of course not all are like this, but with the computer, computer games, ipods, and electronics in general, outdoor activity has taken a back-seat to technology robbing our young of exercise, vitamin D exposure and probably a more calcium deplete diet. I know when I was young, staying indoors was not an option unless you had chores or homework to do. When we had free time, we were always pushed out the door and that meant we played, whether that was climbing trees, running, swimming, organized sports etc. I was never good at staying indoors and I always wanted to be outside running around doing something fun anyway. Even though I was involved in many sports, took supplements from a very early age (my mother was a great fan of vitamins/minerals/herbs etc) I still got osteoporosis. I suppose in my case genetics and early meno was the reason for this since I basically did all the right things to try and prevent bone loss.
Unfortunately, this type of adolescense has disappeared, to a certain extent. Of course we still have the organized sports but it's a constant battle or debate between parents and children to move away from the use of electronics while sitting indoors to get them outside and MOVING.
Thanks for telling us about your country; it's always interesting to hear how others live and deal with medical problems, and I'm sure we can all learn from eachother this way.
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I believe that thinning bones are a natural part of aging, everyones bones thin with age some to a greater degree than others
if the bones become too thin they are theoretically more susceptible to fracture
but is it a disease or just aging ?
I do believe the pharma companies took the opportunity to promote thinning bones as a disease and cash in on a common problem
Hi Tuesday, welcome back... You make very good points! I don't believe osteopenia is a disease, it's just normal age-related bone loss which most of us experience. Osteoporosis, on the other hand progresses differently and can be caused by many different secondary causes that result in bone loss as well as medications, plus heredity etc.
I do think that we (patients) the Dr.'s and the Drug companies all have a hand in this. Unfortunately we as a society are looking for the easiest solution to most problems and that usually means drugs. Some feel that when they go to a Dr. if you don't recieve a prescription then the Dr. didn't do his or her job. There are too many who look for this and avoid the more involved time consuming solution like exercise, life style changes, diet and supplements. If many want one pill for this rather than to take on the responsibilty of changing our routine and life then the Dr.'s/Drug Co's are stuck with this type of patient philosophy.
For those who don't think this way, then they won't opt for a bone drug and therefore wouldn't be feeding into the money the drug companies make anyway, so it just depends on how you look at treatment options and which one you'd choose.
If you look at all these info-mercials where they offer weight loss in 30 days with no diet or exercise, all you have to do is that "this" pill, this would be a good example of what I'm referring to. People are looking for a quick fix without having to change their lives too much.
Thanks for joining us and making such good points.