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1. Osteoporosis Medication Doesn’t Help Hip Fractures

   Jul 3, 2015 | Bioidentical Hormone Health

   By Dr. Andrew Weil
   
   
   ...The new research builds on previously known potential health problems with alendronic acid and drugs such as Fosamax having been reported in the media since 2011. Particularly digestive problems, oesophageal ulceration and the increased risk of arterial fibrillation...

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1. Osteoporosis Medication Doesn’t Help Hip Fractures

   Jul 3, 2015 | Bioidentical Hormone Health

   By Dr. Andrew Weil

   A new analysis from Finland suggests that medications prescribed to strengthen thinning bones don’t help prevent hip fractures in the elderly.

   Researchers led by a team at the University of Helsinki reviewed previously published studies that concerned the efficacy of drugs to prevent osteoporosis and hip fractures.

   The investigators found that benefit from the drugs was “marginal at best” and that “the better the response to the treatment [in any one] study, the more flaws the study had,” said research team leader Teppo Järvinen. One notable concern was that most studies focused on younger individuals even though most hip fractures occur in those over age 80.

   ...Women need both oestrogen and progesterone as it is oestrogen that clears away old bone but it is progesterone that is essential for bone building and renewal so you have stronger bones.

   The new research builds on previously known potential health problems with alendronic acid and drugs such as Fosamax having been reported in the media since 2011.  Particularly digestive problems, oesophageal ulceration and the increased risk of arterial fibrillation. 

   If you would like to know more, then the late Dr John Lee’s book ‘What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Osteoporosis’ will be very informative.

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   http://www.bio-hormone-health.com/2015/07/03/osteoporosis-medication-doesnt-help-hip-fractures/

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