In the last 2 decades, physicians have been prescribing bone strengthening pills to everyone who walks into their office. The fears of osteoporosis and fractures have created a major hysteria and today millions of individuals take these expensive pills. However, all consumers should understand that just because one faithfully takes these pills does not mean that fractures won’t occur. In fact fractures still occur at an alarming rate despite regular use of these pills. Most people seem to believe that these bone strengthening pills are a cure and guarantee that no fractures will occur.
What the consumer has to understand is that there is no ideal drug for osteoporosis. More data seem to indicate that many clinical trials are done by unscrupulous physicians who work for drug companies and so the truth about the effectiveness of many drugs is always questionable.
The question is, “do these pills work?” This depends on when you started the pill and the status of your bone. If there is mild bone thinning, then the pills will strengthen the bone and prevent fractures. However, if moderate to severe osteoporosis has set in, the pills will do jack shit. So far no pill has ever been shown to prevent fractures in people with moderate to severe osteoporosis. Moreover, these pills have to be taken for many months and years. Besides having potent side effects, the pills are also expensive.
If you want to prevent bone fractures, eat healthy, exercise or walk everyday and do not smoke. While this advice may sound trivial, it is cheap, not associated with complications, works and if free
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