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"In 2003 this global market for osteoporosis drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel was worth five billion dollars, and analysts said then that they expected it to reach ten billion dollars by 2011. The sellers of the osteoporosis drugs had discovered that the side effects from some medicines can open up billion-dollar sales opportunities for other types of pills. The harm caused by medications may not be apparent for years, and even then it may be so subtle that scientists find it only when they look for trends among large groups of patients." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"As an alternative, you might ask your doctor about some of the other, newer osteoporosis drugs for women. Might they be applicable to you—even if they haven't been studied for men? Such off-label uses of drugs occur quite often in medicine, sometimes with good results, though the risk of unanticipated side effects is greater. PEYRONIE'S DISEASE • Curved Erection Has Cure Developing a curved erection in adulthood is not only embarrassing, it is considered a deformity by some men who have it. And quite often, sex is so uncomfortable and frustrating that it is avoided altogether." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"The new bone, formed as a result of taking the osteoporosis drugs, is then formed primarily on the outer part of the bone, the cortical bone. This increases the FIGURE 13-1. NORMAL BONE (LEFT) AND OSTEOPOROTIC BONE (RIGHT). REPRODUCED FROM THE JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH 1 (1986): 15-21, WITH PERMISSION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR BONE MINERAL RESEARCH. score on the bone density test but does not necessarily contribute proportionately to fracture resistance. More drugs are now available to "help" women with osteoporosis." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.) "Do the osteoporosis drugs protect these women from hip fractures? They don't appear to. The study of Actonel published in NEJM in 2001 included 3880 women over the age of 80 who had been diagnosed with osteoporosis or who had at least one major risk factor for falls (approximately 80 percent of the women in the study had osteoporosis). Treatment of these women with Actonel was reported in the article to have "no effect on the incidence of hip fracture." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Let your physician know that you're supplementing because some mineral supplements can interfere with absorption of osteoporosis drugs, thyroid supplements, and antibiotics. Q: Will I lose weight on the Vitamin D Cure? A: You probably will lose weight because you'll have a normal vitamin D level, which is associated with a lower risk of obesity. You'll also be eating foods that are more nutritious but have fewer calories compared to the foods you're cutting out." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"The sellers of the osteoporosis drugs had discovered that the side effects from some medicines can open up billion-dollar sales opportunities for other types of pills. The harm caused by medications may not be apparent for years, and even then it may be so subtle that scientists find it only when they look for trends among large groups of patients." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Actonel did not reduce hip fractures in women of similar age). Because nine out of 10 hip fractures result from falls, engaging in activities that increase strength and balance helps decrease the risk. Strength training is one of the best ways to increase bone density in the spine naturally and prevent falls. Tai chi, a form of exercise often used by elderly Chinese that is becoming popular throughout the world, improves balance and cuts the risk of falls in half for people 70 years of age and older." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"What women can learn from debate over two leading osteoporosis drugs. Wall Street Journal Sept 28, 2004, Dl. 3. Researchers point out that the use of bisphosphonates for bones was an "accidental" discovery, not a discovery based on sound science relating to bone metabolism. Mun-dy GR. Directions of drug discovery in osteoporosis. Annu Rev Med. 2002;53:337-54. 4. The mechanism of action of bone drugs are only becoming clear ten years after being in use. Reszka AA, Rodan GA. Nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate mechanism of action. Mini Rev Med Chem. 2004 Sep;4(7):711-9." - Byron J. Richards, Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America (Get the book.)

"Actonel, Boniva, and Fosamax All three of these osteoporosis drugs fall into the category called bisphosphonates. Alendronate (Fosamax), ibandronate (Boniva), and risedronate (Actonel) work by slowing down bone resorption. They zip to places where bone remodeling is going on and mess with the osteoclasts so that these bone-wreckers work more slowly. Usually, that is enough to give the osteoblasts a chance to catch up a bit on bone formation. Fosamax was the first bisphosphonate to be developed and approved by the FDA for treating osteoporosis." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"There are no less than four new osteoporosis drugs in the pipeline, and as each comes to market it will likely be accompanied by a renewed marketing effort to get as many people tested as possible.40 And with the advent of gene technology, and the possibility of screening newborns for all their future diseases, a whole new world of testing awaits us all." - Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels, Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All into Patients (Get the book.) "Until large long-term studies of bone density testing and the osteoporosis drugs are done, many of these nagging questions will remain. Somehow, though, the non-drug approaches can't seem to compete with the continued zeal for bone density measutement and drug treatment. Even Brian Lentle, now the president of the Radiological Society of North America, representing the very specialists who have done so well from the testing explosion, believes some doctors are too enthusiastic about the tests he says should be reserved for women at high risk." - Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels, Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All into Patients (Get the book.) "Even though he and his colleagues were attacked in the medical and popular press, largely by those with a stake in promoting bone density testing and osteoporosis drugs, the science behind their report has never been refuted. While many company-sponsored websites urge women to get their bones tested, whenever independent scientists look at the evidence behind the tests they tend to find the same thing: the tests are not good predictors of future fractures." - Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels, Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All into Patients (Get the book.) "The climb in bone density testing helped bring on the explosion in sales of osteoporosis drugs,14 creating a global market for the pharmaceutical industry currently worth $5 billion annually, but predicted by some to reach over $10 billion in a few short years.15 While the tests were certainly building drug sales, some of the scientists were becoming more and more uncertain that this strategy of focusing on testing and drugs was the best way for individuals or communities to prevent fractures." - Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels, Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All into Patients (Get the book.)

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