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I was diagnosed with osteoporosis and osteoarthritis approximately five years ago after I suffered a compression fracture in my spine. I have it in my knees, wrists, fingers, neck, shoulder, back and ankles. I have been on medications for chronic pain for approximately three years, vitamin D and calcium supplements, I tried Fossamax but have Gerd... Read moreChevron
posted 09/02/2009, comment (1)|
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FDA Approves Forteo® for Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis

Three out of every one hundred Americans take Glucocorticoids for medical conditions like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), lupus and other auto-immune disorders. People of all ages take steroids, so this new approval opens up a new class of patients who could use this besides the normal age-related osteoporosis group, which... Read moreChevron
posted 08/11/2009, comments (0)|
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Question of the Week on Side Effects

          All medications and supplements come with their own side effects which can make taking them very difficult. Tell us which medication you've chosen to take for bone loss, and how you are doing on it? Have you had difficulty with any of them?  Do you have many side effects and have you found a way... Read moreChevron
posted 07/21/2009, comments (8)|
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Forteo side-effects

I am a 67-year-old woman living with osteoporosis.  I have been using Forteo since Oct. of 2008. My rheumy whom I knew from working together at a hospital and whom I trust said Forteo was the only med that would work.  My thoracic vertebrae were already starting to collapse.  It was a shock because I had been on Fosamax for... Read moreChevron
posted 05/23/2009, comments (16)|
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New Hope For Pelvic Fractures Using Forteo

Dr. Susan Bukata and Dr. J. Edward Puzas, at the University of Rochester Medical Center New York,recently found that Forteo, a genetically engineered fragment of human parathyroid hormone, can be used to speed fracture healing and reduce intense pain from pelvic and other non-healing fractures.   In February 2009, the Orthopedic Research... Read moreChevron
posted 04/16/2009, comments (5)|
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