Our Bone primary is consist of calcium, as we aged, the calcium have been lost, that is more serious for the women. My late mom always boil the bone soup for the family to replenish the lost calcium then getting us to take supplement...
Bone-boosting drug helps very elderly women
Last Updated: 2004-12-03 14:28:02 -0400 (Reuters Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A drug used to restore the strength of brittle bones by reducing the process of bone resorption has been shown to benefit women 80 years of age or older.
In this elderly population, risedronate, marketed under the brand-name Actonel, diminishes the risk of fractured vertebrae that comes with advanced osteoporosis, according to results of a study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Dr. Steven Boonen, of the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, and colleagues pooled data on women 80+ years old with osteoporosis who took part in three clinical trial of risedronate.
In total, 704 women were assigned to take 5 milligrams per day of risedronate and 688 were given an inactive placebo pill for up to 3 years. All of the participants, who ranged in age from 80 to 100, received calcium supplementation.
After 1 year, the occurrence rate of new vertebral fractures was 2.5 percent in the risedronate group and 10.9 percent in the placebo group. Read More....
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