Posts Tagged ‘antiresorptive’
Osteoporosis Support Group
Attendance was enthusiastic. We watched Our Videos (top right) while waiting for all to arrive. Discussion was spirited.
AAOS Asks: Which Medication is “Best” After a Fracture?
Here at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, the most common question is: “Which Osteoporosis Medication should I use after a fracture?” We need to know how each type of medication works to answer that.
Immediately after a fracture, or a surgery on bone, or a tooth extraction, you want a medicine which will not slow down bone healing. Better yet, you would like to stimulate bone formation and remodeling. Anabolic Medications do that. Teriparatide (Forteo) is the Anabolic available in the USA.
Vertebroplasty or Kyphoplasty = Osteoporosis
If you have a Vertebroplasty or a Kyphoplasty, you have Osteoporosis!
Both procedures are done for painful, fresh Vertebral Compression Fractures (crunches of the spine). If your spine goes crunch suddenly or gradually, that trumps DXA and BMD. You have Osteoporosis! You have an Increased Fracture Risk. You need treatment for your Osteoporosis.
You are likely to have at least one more crunch within the year, if you do not treat the Osteoporosis.