Choosing the right osteoporosis treatment requires confirming your diagnosis of osteoporosis, careful assessment of osteoporosis fracture risk, an overview of all aspects of bone health and an understanding of the full range of available therapies.
If you have osteoporosis and have had a fracture, or havn’t had a fracture but are worried about your fracture risk then seeing an osteoporosis specialist is important. GPs in Cambridge, and elsewhere, seldom know about the range of, and indication for, osteoporosis treatments.
Nowadays there are many available options for osteoporosis treatment. The main available treatments are HRT, the bisphosphonate medications such as alendronic acid, risedronate, ibandronate, pamidronate and zoledronate; romosozumab (Evenity), teriparatide, abaloparatide, and denosumab. Increasingly choice of treatment is made on ever more data: the degree of fracture risk and skeletal site-specific bone density levels and of course individual circumstances, any current ill-health problems and preferences.
These days consultations on osteoporosis assessment and planning osteoporosis treatment requires a detailed approach which often includes DXA scanning, spinal imaging, blood test review and fracture risk estimation. There are many medical studies and research analyses to be aware of which factor into the advice of an osteoporosis specialist. So, to get the very best advice, consult an osteoporosis expert.
Dr Gavin Clunie is an osteoporosis expert who can provide expert private osteoporosis treatment and treatment in Cambridge, helping people, wherever they are from, to receive the best possible and appropriate osteoporosis treatment.