Women More Prone to Fractures with Diabetes Drugs
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Scientists already knew the two caused bone fractures in certain women, but were unsure of the magnitude.
Sonal Singh of North Carolina’s Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Singh and colleagues at Wake Forest, working with researchers at Britain’s University of East Anglia, based their findings on a pooled analysis of 10 previous clinical studies lasting at least a year involving 14,000 patients.
They concluded that if TZDs were used by diabetic women aged around 70 for a year, one additional fracture would occur among every 21 women. Among younger women, around age 56, use of the drugs would lead to one extra fracture for every 55 women.
Always be sure to ask your doctor or health care physician of your medications and side effects. Also ask if those side effects need to be addressed, such as additional calcium, in this case. Before starting any new medications or supplements, herbal remedies and minerals, discuss those with your doctor. There may be adverse reactions between then that may increase your sypmptos or have unwanted side effects you hadn’t counted on.
If you need additional calcium, that is easily remedied, by adding more low-fat milk and cheese to your diet, or vitamin D pills or getting just ten minutes more sunshine per day (with your sunscreen and protective covering. ). Exercise is also important to stop bone loss or calcium leaching from your body. Just a ten minute walk a day is all it takes to get started with healty bones.
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