Osteoporosis Drugs Cause Brittle Bones

June 27th, 2010

With the staggering increases in use of cholesterol medications, many people will suffer with deficiencies in function involving other organs and tissues. For instance, according to Cosima T. Baldari, PHD, a professor of molecular biology at the University of Siena, Siena Italy, Cholesterol drugs lower immunity. For those of you who do take cholesterol medications, a natural non-drug based approach to improving immunity is chiropractic adjustments. Studies have shown that those who receive chiropractic adjustments have measurable and “significant increases” in the white blood cells that fight off infection and disease. (J Manipulative Therapy 1991; 14:399-408). Another study on Chiropractic, disease, and immune system showed that un-adjusted subjects experienced a drop in immune cells (Chiro Research Journal 1994; 3:1) compared to subjects receiving chiropractic care.

Taking osteoporosis drugs may cause brittle bones, warns Joseph Lane, MD, Bisphosophonates such as Actonel, Boniva, Fosamax and Raclast can lead to deterioration in bone quality and increased hip fractures. The drugs are extremely effective in the first year of use, but after four or five years, when bone density is no longer improving, talk to your doctor about taking a “drug holiday” from bisphosphonates. (Joseph Lane, MD, is chief of Metabolic Bone Disease Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, and leader of a study of women and long-term bisphosphonate use).