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Wh
at a
re a
vaila
ble
trea
tmen
tsfo
r o
steo
po
rosi
s?A
t o
ne
tim
e ve
ry l
ittl
e co
uld
be
do
ne
for
a p
atie
nt
suffe
ring
fro
m o
steo
poro
sis.
Tod
ay,
ther
e ar
e se
vera
lef
fect
ive
trea
tmen
ts. T
hes
e ca
n in
clud
e an
yth
ing
from
sim
ple
lifes
tyle
and
nut
ritio
nal
chan
ges
to p
resc
ribe
dm
edic
atio
ns.
A ne
w b
reed
of
spec
ially
for
mul
ated
med
icat
ions
suc
has
Ale
ndro
nate
, Ral
oxife
ne a
nd E
tidro
nate
hav
e pr
oven
to b
e ef
fect
ive
in t
reat
ing
oste
opor
osis
, of
feri
ng h
ope
even
to th
ose
diag
nose
d w
ith s
ever
e co
nditi
ons.
Mos
t im
port
antly
, ost
eopo
rosi
s ca
n be
pre
vent
ed w
ithea
rly
dete
ctio
n.
Life
styl
e re
com
men
dat
ion
sD
epen
ding
on
your
tes
t re
sults
, yo
ur p
hys
icia
n m
ayp
resc
rib
e m
edic
atio
n a
nd
/or
reco
mm
end
lif
esty
lech
ange
s.Yo
ur d
octo
r m
ay s
ugge
st t
hat
you
:
Eat
a he
alth
y, b
alan
ced,
cal
cium
-ric
h di
et.
Avoi
d sm
okin
g.
Avoi
d dr
inki
ng la
rge
amou
nts
of a
lcoh
ol.
Add
ph
ysic
al a
ctiv
ity t
o yo
ur d
aily
rou
tine.
Hav
e a
rout
ine
bone
str
engt
h t
est.
Alw
ays
cons
ult
with
you
r do
ctor
pri
or t
o m
akin
g an
ylif
esty
le c
hang
es.
Will
th
e te
st b
e co
vere
d b
y m
y in
sura
nce
?To
day,
man
y in
sura
nce
com
pani
es, a
s w
ell a
s M
edic
are,
cove
r bo
ne s
tren
gth
test
ing
whe
n it
is d
eem
ed m
edic
ally
nece
ssar
y. D
epen
ding
on
your
ins
uran
ce c
ompa
nyan
d its
pol
icy,
the
tes
t m
ay b
e fu
lly c
over
ed. Y
ou m
ayal
so h
ave
the
optio
n of
bei
ng t
este
d fo
r a
min
imal
fee,
rega
rdle
ss o
f m
edic
al in
dica
tions
. Ask
you
r do
ctor
for
mor
e in
form
atio
n.
For
mo
re i
nfo
rmat
ion
Wh
ere
can
I ge
t m
ore
info
rmat
ion
on o
steo
poro
sis,
its r
isks
and
con
sequ
ence
s?
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e N
atio
nal O
steo
poro
sis
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Ask
your
doct
or a
bout
bein
g te
sted
for
Ost
eopo
rosis
toda
y.As
k yo
ur d
octo
rab
out b
eing
te
sted
here
.
Wh
at i
s O
steo
po
rosi
s?O
steo
poro
sis,
als
o ca
lled
the
sile
nt e
pide
mic
, is
a di
seas
e
that
affe
cts
the
entir
e sk
elet
on. I
t ca
uses
thi
nnin
g an
d
wea
keni
ng o
f the
bon
es, o
ften
to
the
poin
t of
frac
ture
.
Such
frac
ture
s us
ually
occ
ur a
t th
e w
rist
, hip
, or
spin
e.
At t
imes
a p
erso
n m
ay n
ot b
e aw
are
of t
he d
isea
se
beca
use
bone
loss
is g
radu
al a
nd w
ithou
t sy
mpt
oms.
Bon
e is
con
stan
tly c
han
ging
- o
ld b
one
is r
esor
bed
and
new
bon
e ta
kes
its p
lace
. O
steo
poro
sis
occu
rs
wh
en t
he
rate
of
bone
res
orpt
ion
exce
eds
the
rate
of
bone
rep
lace
men
t. As
a r
esul
t, bo
ne s
tren
gth
decr
ease
s,
mak
ing
bone
s m
ore
frag
ile a
nd s
usce
ptib
le to
frac
ture
.
Shou
ld I
be
con
cern
ed a
bou
tos
teop
oros
is?
Ost
eopo
rosi
s is
far
mor
e co
mm
on t
han
mos
t pe
ople
real
ize.
In fa
ct, m
ore
wom
en w
ill d
evel
op o
steo
poro
sis
than
bre
ast,
uter
ine
and
ovar
ian
canc
ers
com
bine
d.
Furt
her
mor
e, o
ne o
ut o
f ev
ery
two
wom
en a
nd o
ne
out o
f eve
ry e
igh
t men
ove
r th
e ag
e of
50
will
suf
fer
an
oste
opor
otic
fr
actu
re
over
th
eir
lifet
imes
. In
th
e
Uni
ted
Stat
es a
lone
ove
r 10
mill
ion
Amer
ican
s cu
rren
tly
suffe
r fr
om o
steo
poro
sis
and
18 m
illio
n m
ore
are
at
risk
. And
th
ese
num
bers
are
onl
y ex
pect
ed t
o ri
se.
Ho
w c
an o
steo
po
rosi
s af
fect
m
y lif
e?W
hen
mos
t of u
s th
ink
of o
steo
poro
sis
we
tend
to th
ink
of t
he “
little
old
lad
y” w
ith s
toop
ed s
houl
ders
, bu
t in
fact
bon
e lo
ss c
an b
egin
in w
omen
as
earl
y as
age
25.
Ost
eopo
rosi
s affe
cts e
ach
pers
on d
iffer
ently
and
to v
aryi
ng
degr
ees.
Man
y of
thos
e di
agno
sed
with
ost
eopo
rosi
s
cont
inue
to le
ad fu
ll an
d co
mpl
ete
lives
. But
, for
oth
ers,
sim
ple
ever
yday
act
iviti
es li
ke w
alki
ng a
nd li
ftin
g lig
ht
pack
ages
can
bec
ome
diffi
cult
and
pain
ful.
Ost
eopo
rosi
s ca
n si
gnifi
cant
ly im
pact
a p
erso
n’s
abili
ty
to r
emai
n in
depe
nden
t, w
ith u
p to
25
perc
ent
of h
ip
frac
ture
pat
ient
s re
quir
ing
long
-ter
m c
are
in a
nur
sing
hom
e fa
cilit
y.
Fort
unat
ely,
w
ith
earl
y w
arni
ng
and
prop
er tr
eatm
ent,
the
debi
litat
ing
effe
cts
of o
steo
poro
sis
can
ofte
n be
pre
vent
ed.
Ris
k fa
cto
rs o
f o
steo
po
rosi
sAs
k yo
urs
elf
the
follo
win
g:
Do
you
have
a fa
mily
his
tory
of
oste
opor
osis
, h
ip f
ract
ures
in
old
age
and/
or d
owag
er’s
hum
p?
Hav
e yo
u ev
er b
roke
n a
bone
aft
er a
min
or b
ump
or fa
ll?
Do
you
smok
e?
Do
you
cons
ume
larg
e am
ount
s
of a
lcoh
ol?
Hav
e yo
u re
quir
ed p
rolo
nged
use
(ove
r 6
mon
ths)
of m
edic
atio
ns
such
as
antic
onvu
lsan
ts o
r
cort
icos
tero
ids?
For
Wo
men
:
Did
you
und
ergo
men
opau
se b
efor
e th
e
age
of 4
5?
Hav
e yo
ur p
erio
ds e
ver
stop
ped
for
12 m
onth
s
or m
ore
(oth
er t
han
beca
use
of p
regn
ancy
)?
For
Men
:
Hav
e yo
u ev
er s
uffe
red
from
impo
tenc
e, la
ck o
f lib
ido
or o
ther
sym
ptom
s re
late
d to
low
test
oste
rone
leve
ls?
Any
‘yes
’ an
swer
may
in
dic
ate
an i
ncr
ease
d r
isk
for
oste
opor
osis
an
d s
hou
ld b
e d
iscu
ssed
wit
h yo
ur
phys
icia
n.
Wh
y sh
ou
ld I
be
test
ed?
Ost
eopo
rosi
s is
con
side
red
a si
lent
dis
ease
. B
ut i
t is
only
sile
nt u
ntil
a fr
actu
re o
ccur
s.
Star
ting
at a
roun
d th
e ag
e of
35,
bon
e go
es t
hrou
gh a
natu
ral p
roce
ss o
f det
erio
ratio
n, m
ainl
y du
e to
age
and
,
in w
omen
, men
opau
se. B
ut th
e ac
hes
and
pain
s as
soci
-
ated
with
this
pro
cess
may
not
nec
essa
rily
be
so s
impl
e.
For e
xam
ple,
a p
erso
n m
ay a
ttri
bute
bac
k pa
in to
nor
mal
agin
g or
str
ess
whe
n it
is a
ctua
lly c
ause
d by
a b
roke
n
vert
ebra
e. In
deed
, onl
y on
e th
ird
of p
atie
nts
suffe
ring
fro
m a
fra
ctur
ed v
erte
brae
seek
med
ical
hel
p.
A b
one
stre
ngth
tes
t
can
help
est
ablis
h th
e
diag
nosi
s of
ost
eopo
rosi
s
and
may
pre
vent
an
initi
al
frac
ture
. Tes
ting
also
hel
ps t
o
dete
rmin
e th
e se
veri
ty o
f th
e
dise
ase,
pre
dict
the
ris
k of
subs
eque
nt
frac
ture
s,
and
mon
itor
bone
cha
nges
.
Ho
w f
ast
can
I b
e te
sted
?A
n O
mni
sens
e te
st p
rovi
des
an e
valu
atio
n of
you
r
bone
str
engt
h.
It i
s qu
ick,
con
veni
ent,
non-
inva
sive
and
radi
atio
n-fr
ee.
Th
e te
stin
g pr
oced
ure
take
s le
ss
than
5 m
inut
es a
nd t
he
resu
lts a
re im
med
iate
.