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Lila de Tantillo

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posted 10/18/2007, comments (0)

Osteoporosis: Americans vs. Europeans

I came across a fascinating statistic in an otherwise bad news article from Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=auKPjdGB8wNs&refer=us The piece describes how U.S. health care costs are skyrocketing, to a great extent because of bad behavior on our part (obesity, smoking and the like). In contrast, our... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/03/2007, comments (37)

forteo side effects

Hi, all. I am an almost 57 year old female. After 4 years on fosomax due to osteopenia, I was diagnosed with osteoporosis (hips -3.1 & -2.6; spine -1.9 to -2.8). Blood test revealed a very low vitamin d level that was impeding calcium absorption. I have been on forteo for about 3 months. I normally do aerobics two... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/25/2007, comments (19)

Forteo side effects

I have been on Forteo for only two weeks, is it my imagination that I have sharp ( but brief ) bone pain? I have noticed when I move I have sharp quick pains in my hip, spine etc... Am I just hyper aware?

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posted 09/13/2007, comments (2)

Boniva and terrible side effects - is this normal???

My mom has been diagnosed with low bone density and was prescribed Boniva 1 dose per month. She was sick in bed for 4 DAYS!!! She was very fluish and had terrible joint pain - and she is not a complainer. She is afraid to take this again...now what can she do? Is this normal?

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posted 09/13/2007, comments (4)

Osteoporosis, low Vitamin D & thyroid problems

I am curious about whether there is a connection between osteoporosis, low vitamin D levels and a multinodular goiter. I am 57, just got the results of my DXA scan and have a spine T score of -2.5. I also had low vitamin D levels and I'm taking 50,000 units weekly. My vitamin D levels are now at the low... Read more Chevron

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