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Among the most used medicines for the treatment of osteoporosis include:

Bisphosphonates adhere to the surface of the bones and retard spoilage. That way they can avoid fractures (bone breaking) to preserve bone mass and even increase its density. Includes alendronate (Fosamax ®), ibandronate (Boniva ®), risedronate (Actonel ®) and zoledronic acid (Reclast ®). These medicines can have unwanted effects such as vomiting and stomach pain, consult your doctor if you feel you do not like them.

On the other hand, if you should get dental surgery, it is important to mention to your dentist you are taking this medicine. Ideally, medicine should be discontinued two weeks before dental treatment because there is something known as osteonecrosis of the jaw that happens very rarely, but whose risk is reduced if suspended before invasive dental procedures. Studies suggest that bisphosphonates be suspended after taking them for 5 consecutive years since its benefit may continue beyond that time. Read the rest of this entry »

As with other parts of the body, bones also get older and may be weakened. As mentioned earlier in life and health, one of the most common diseases in the bones is osteoporosis and occurs more often in women. Here we have drugs that tend to prescribing physicians and other measures you can take to protect the health of your bones.

Remember what osteoporosis is and then talk of drugs that treat: it is a silent disease that affects the bones and occurs because the bones have less calcium deposits than they need, then weaken and become porous (for you can imagine, would look like a loofah).

It is said that osteoporosis is silent because they generally have no symptoms, unless you are very advanced. This means that you do not realize that you have and is usually detected when the problem already exists and there is a fracture (a broken) bone, typically in the hip, wrist or one or more vertebrae of the spine. Read the rest of this entry »