Osteopenia

What treatment did your Dr. recommend ?     

I had not heard of it but the name was enough to scare me. I did look up a website that explained a lot.

  http://www.medicinenet.com/osteopenia/article.htm . 

wishing you the best, be well.

Thank You

What did your doctor suggest? Here is something I found on web md:

http://www.webmd.com/osteoporosis/guide/osteopenia-treatments-medications

He wants me to take another does of Calcium. I take 2500 mgs now, in 5 separate doses.     

Other supplements help with the absorption of calcium too. Your vitamins D and K have to be sufficient to make the best use of calcium.

Did not know that, Thanks for the info......., my D is at 86 and I cannot remember what my K is but it was good, had labs last month.

FWIW, my doctor recommended only increasing my calcium (and D) dosage.  I have some bone loss in one hip and a general thinning in my lower spine. Not sure why the distinction between loss  and thinning.  Not sure if my age plays into that or not (will be 52 this summer and in menopause)c

He indicated that the medications available are often hard on the stomach (I did not do any research, so I am only relaying what he said on this) and so he was concerned because of the RNY.  We decided to increase the supplements and repeat in one year instead of two, and then revisit the issue.

Lora

She suggested I up my calcium and D when I informed her what I was already taking she suggest I leave it alone until the next scan. She said there is no way of knowing when it occurred since this was my baseline. I had major calcium loss during one of my pregnancies to the point of a couple of teeth falling out due to the baby taking calcium from my bones.

Thank you for your reply..........