myth of osteoporosis - Osteoporosis Message Board

KATC45 · 12-19-2008, 09:35 AM

:wave: I have also read the book Myth of osteoporsis. I still would like to know howthey come up the the T scores to measure the test results. How haas this become a major problem in the country when it has no test backup for osteoporis (it appears for only 20 years or less).

I have osteoporsis and taking Forteo for four months now, still not sure if this is the right thing to do?

Chicknpea · 02-10-2009, 11:28 AM

I read that book also & I got a Dexxa scan in the next county from
mine & my second test showed NO osteoporosis as compared to my
1st test which showed some severe osteoporosis along with moderate
osteoporosis in some bones & also some osteopenia. The book mentioned
the fact that there is no standard calibration in the dexxa machines
& it seems like my testing shows this is probably true.

starfish81 · 02-10-2009, 01:03 PM

Oh gosh chickpea, that's truly unsettling. Imagine if you'd never had the second DEXA...you could have had some prescription foisted upon you for no reason...scary

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I've read that osteoporosis reached "epidemic" status in N. America around the time that women began to question HRT. Of course, the pharmaceutical companies then needed another "condition" under which they could medicate a large, gullible segment of the population....voila! We now have DEXA machines all over the continent and the doctors are being "educated" by the pharmaceutical reps that anyone with a certain DEXA score should be on their drugs...no questions asked

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phylwill1152 · 02-10-2009, 02:24 PM

Hello everyone...let me add myself to those who've read the book. I think it was when the WHO (world health Organization) lowered the guidelines for osteo to -2.5 that the drug companies came up with the drugs to fix the "problem". It is also very true that not every DEXA machine will give the same results and having different techs do the test can alter the results also. I read somewhere that having the first DEXA shouldn't even happen till a person reaches 65 unless there is a good reason for one.

chicknpea...after having 2 different scores i would have to go to a third place for one to see which one is most accurate. Knowing 2 different versions would make me crazy

till i knew which was right or which 2 were closest in scores.

KATC...sometimes you have to go with your gut feeling. If taking forteo doesn't feel right for you you have to decide if you are going to listen to your gut or the dr.

take care...phyllis

JohnR41 · 02-28-2009, 09:19 AM

>>>I have osteoporsis and taking Forteo for four months now, still not sure if this is the right thing to do?

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KATC45,

I didn't read the book but I just read about some of the possible side effects of Forteo and other Osteoporosis drugs: "blured vision, heartburn, nausea, joint pain, and much more. Some could change your life forever."

It doesn't sound good. If something is supposed to be good for you, why should there be bad side effects? It doesn't make sense to me. The thinking behind taking such a drug must be that most people will not change their lifestyle enough to make any significant impact on their disease.

By the time a person discovers that they have Osteoporosis, they are getting up in age and are set in their ways. Several decades of dietary habits are unlikely to change very much. So a drug is seen as "better than nothing".