subject: Osteoporosis And Fosamax Issues [print this page] Men and women alike are susceptible to osteoporosis.. However, women are affected because they go through a menopausal period when a decrease in estrogen production is inevitable. This reproductive hormone is vital in bone formation and bone remodeling. Every osteoporosis patient is said to have around 2.5 standard deviation DXA of bone mineral density (BMD) as stated by the World Health Organization. Osteoporosis patient has no marked symptoms for this bone anomaly but there is an increase in terms of bone breakage. Specific types of medication such as biphosphonates and lifestyle changes are the common treatments for this kind of medical condition. Now, the issues against biphosphonate drug increases especially after Fosamax, medical organizations are setting a goal to reduce osteoporosis fractures by 20%. Heart attacks, strokes, and new breast cancer effects should be more dangerous than osteoporosis but statistics prove otherwise. A lot of money is also spent on this bone condition. As was shown in the trend, this kind of bad news may continue to rise.
Degeneration of the bone happens in this bone condition called osteoporosis. It is mostly caused by old age and some other factors. Bones being brittle, porous, and prone to fracture are always the result.
In order to save people, many osteoporosis treatments are being formulated. Currently, top treatments include lifestyle changes in diet, exercise and fracture risk prevention. Yet, along with the previously noted lifestyle changes, biphosphonates, vitamin K, vitamin D, and calcium supplements, and estrogen.
Antiresorptive or bone anabolic agents such as biphosphonates are the commonly prescribed drug for those who have osteoporosis. Fosamax, with the brand name alendronate sodium, is a biphosphonate drug physicians normally prescribe to their patients. There is an improvement in bone strengthening and risk prevention among people who have use biphosphonate drugs for four years. Now, an additional blow to the accumulating lists of Fosamax adverse effects were reports from long-term Fosamax users of five years or more claiming that the drug caused atypical, low-impact femur fractures. In fact, these femur fractures have led people to file for a Fosamax lawsuit
