Question:
I have two questions..Does anyone take meds to prevent..........
Osteoporosis? I know there are meds out there that people take. Also, I read that a lot of people on here have overweight parents, siblings, etc, but I don't. My mom and sister are skinny. I have some relatives that are overweight but they are aunts, uncles, etc. Does anyone on here have skinny parents or siblings or am I just abnormal? LOL!!!! Thanks guys!! — TP (posted on July 16, 2002)
July 16, 2002
The best thing you can take to prevent osteoporosis is Calcium! =) (Citrate
kind if you are RNY) I have also seen some ads for bone-loss
prevention/reversal drugs and was curious. I read the fine print and it
seems that they are NOT for women of childbearing age and they are very
hard on the stomach. My guess would be that the benefit wouldn't be worth
the risk unless you were already pretty bad off. Calcium supplementation
after WLS is a must and as long as you keep on top of it you should be
OK.<p>My parents are not FAT but they are not thin either. Most of my
aunts and uncles are at least overweight and some are MO. My sister has
struggled with her weight all her life and yo-yos from MO to normal weight,
but my brother evened out at overweight but not MO.
— ctyst
July 16, 2002
I take two Calcium Citrate Supplements a day (1 AM, 1 PM).... I find mine
just at the pharmacy. My Mom is 57 yrs. old, around (5'5") and weighs
110, my Dad is 71 yrs. old about (5'7") and weighs no more than
150-165. My oldest sister (5'6") is 38, and weighs around 130, my
middle sister is 35 (5'7") and has gained about 50 hard to lose pounds
since the birth of her child (which could be PCOS related, not 100%
sure)... still she was always around 160's TOPS. Then, there is ME. Egads.
— Karen R.
July 16, 2002
I was the first to go morbid. My dad's side are all tiny people, my aunt's
feel fat at 100#. Yeah. My mom's side is pretty roundy, 50-70# over.
BUT they stopped dieting. I kept on. Sigh.
— vitalady
July 16, 2002
im about 267 and a size 26. my mom is about a 9 and my dad is a 37 or
close and my sister who is 5 years older is a 6. i kinda feel like danny
devito in twins. i was maybe the left over stuff. certainly not arnold.
— kelli L.
July 17, 2002
LOL Oh, Kelli! You're so funny!
— ctyst
July 17, 2002
This spring at my ob/gyn visit I told my doctor that I quit taking the HRT
meds because I didn't see any reason to continue them, he said that was ok
but I REALLY should take something to prevent osteoporosis. He prescribed
EVISTA and I have taken it for 6 months now. I have no bad side effects
from it and one of the good side effects is that it has been shown to help
prevent breast cancer. My insurance has a prescription program so I only
pay $5 a month for it, less than over the counter calcium pills.
— Lois S.
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