Oh my, Ladies you are a beautiful creation, I know the medical community takes advantage of you and scare you for many unnecessary tests, as they do men with their prostate and you when it comes to mammograms osteoporosis and so on, that does not mean that you should not be on the look out for abnormalities, but be a little more carful when it comes to too many biopsies and the kind of medication prescribed, the same goes for men, take care mi ladies.

I have to say that if we eat all the necessary nutrients our body needs -- including vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, etc, we wouldn't have any of these problems (well, let me add that we should also NOT put in all the toxins that most of us do).

I drink raw milk. I eat lots of fruits and veggies. I have never broken a bone in my body. As I approach middle age, I am not afraid of breaking bones.

However, A broken hip bone is what caused the death of my grandma. She was taking one of these medications, I can't remember what one. Along with a myriad of other drugs. She was healthy except the damage the pharmaceuticals were doing to her.

I think what we need is a balanced viewpoint on the pros and cons of prescription drugs. Whilst it is true that there will always be a balance between the beneficial effects of drugs and side effects. What we need to look at is EVIDENCE, unfortunately the reporting on this website is not balanced or evidence based, and many of the people reading this will accept this information at face value. If my mother had osteoperosis i would recommend one of these drugs for her- being mindful of the very rare risk of jaw osteonecrosis. I would recommend a review after 4-5 years due to the long term 'frozen bone' fracture incidence, which is being referred to above. However these drugs DO INCREASE BONE DENSITY AND REDUCE FRACTURES, which are often fatal in the elderly. The reports above are being purposefully misquoted. People should take the drug AND calcium and vit D. Otherwise how will the bone remodel?? I'm all for debate on the use of alternative medications for the treatment of disease, but not when it is biased and misleading. Be informed, but always consider WHO is writing the information and what their agenda is. Ie are they trying to sell you a MIRACLE CURE!!

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I for one am weary with so many test results in favor of Big-Pharma as they turn out to be bogus, many believe that these drugs are miraculous, well good luck, to me the only miracle cure is NATURE and there are natural cures there anywhere from headaches to cancer and these researchers knows this, when our bodies do not absorb enough Vitamin D we run into problems ,mineral that we lack, if we do not have enough stomach acid this is a major factor for out illnesses, maybe, just maybe there is a chance that a certain drug maybe beneficial but I would not risk that on a family member unless there is absolutely and I mean absolutely no other choice, and this a problem with so many drugs the odds are five to one against being beneficial, do not believe me when you hear a commercial about any drug, though they say it so fast about the negatives of such, I am glad they have to mention this, I for one will not run to my Dr to get a prescription. JAM