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JCS Apprentice
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Diagnosed with celiac in April, out of concern we had my 10 year old daughter tested and she has tested positive for celiac also. As of yesterday I have now been diagnosed with osteoporosis. Haven't been back to doctor yet but I am still in a lot of pain in hands, hips and knees. I'm on a b complex and taking magnesium citrate. Before I see the doctor is there anything else I need to add to help with the osteoporosis? Thanks for any advise. 

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Scott Adams Grand Master
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It's very likely that your doctor will prescribe a medication to treat your osteoporosis, but until then you might want to find "Citracal" which is available at Costco in the USA:
https://www.citracal.com/

It contains Vitamin D, Calcium, and other minerals designed to help you absorb more calcium.

GFinDC Veteran
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Vitamin D and boron along with calcium are all helpful for bones.  CVS sells a supplement they call Triple Joint Health that may help.  You can get vitamin D from sunshine and from oily fish like salmon, tuna, mackeral and sardines.

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Your doctor may want to prescribe Fosamax for the osteoporosis. You should be aware that Fosamax can be hard on the gut and as someone with celiac disease you may want to take a hard look at that. Whatever meds your doc prescribes, check them out for containing wheat starch as a filler.

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On 7/5/2021 at 4:14 PM, Scott Adams said:

It's very likely that your doctor will prescribe a medication to treat your osteoporosis, but until then you might want to find "Citracal" which is available at Costco in the USA:
https://www.citracal.com/

It contains Vitamin D, Calcium, and other minerals designed to help you absorb more calcium.

 

1 hour ago, trents said:

Your doctor may want to prescribe Fosamax for the osteoporosis. You should be aware that Fosamax can be hard on the gut and as someone with celiac disease you may want to take a hard look at that. Whatever meds your doc prescribes, check them out for containing wheat starch as a filler.

Thanks.

5 hours ago, GFinDC said:

Vitamin D and boron along with calcium are all helpful for bones.  CVS sells a supplement they call Triple Joint Health that may help.  You can get vitamin D from sunshine and from oily fish like salmon, tuna, mackeral and sardines.

Thanks 

Russ H Community Regular
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In the UK, if you have been diagnosed with osteoporosis and high fracture risk, you will be prescribed a bisphophonate. If there is uncertainty regarding vitamin D and calcium intake, you will also be prescribed these as supplements. Weight bearing exercise is vital to building bone density - walking, running, dancing, weight training. You must stress the skeleton as much as you can and it will respond accordingly when combined with good diet.

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Do your research before agreeing to any of the osteoporosis meds.  You may no longer be a candidate for some dental work, due to risk of jaw crumbling.  They have been found to improve density on scans, but not to decrease fractures, possibly due to increasing brittleness.  There are several good sources for improving bone density via nutrition, exercise,  and lifestyle modification.  

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The bisphophonate meds increase bone density by slowing down the removal of old, past their prime, osteocytes (bone cells). This is not the same as making the bones stronger, however, sense there ends up being a higher percentage of old, worn out bone cells in the bones.

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