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What You Should Know About Your Bones

Calcium: An Essential Element of Bone Health

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Overview
Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Guidelines for the Physician
Foreword
Introduction

Background
Osteoporosis Overview
Prevalence
Cost of Osteoporotic Fractures

Evaluation
Risk Factors
Bone Mass Measurement (BMM)
Purpose
Methods
Interpreting Results
Who Should Be Tested
Discordance
Frequency
Interpreting BMM Results
Alternative Risk Prediction
Physical Examination
Laboratory Tests
X-ray
Fracture Risk Stratification
Specific Groups
Children and Adolescents
Premenopausal Women
Perimenopausal Women
Postmenopausal Women
Men
Glucocorticoid-Induced
Osteoporosis

Treatment
Summary of Current Pharmacologic Therapies
Calcium
Vitamin D
Estrogen Replacement Therapy (ERT) /
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Selective Estrogen Receptor
Modulators (SERMs)
Bisphosphonates
Calcitonin
Fluoride
Parathyroid Hormone

Prevention
Education
Fall Prevention
Exercise

Appendices
A Drugs and Diseases as Risk Factors
B Bone Density Testing Equipment
C Calcium Intake and Supplements
D NAMS Preliminary Response Statement
E Low-dose HRT Summary and Chart
F American Heart Association HRT Recommendations
G DXA Sites in Northern California
H Education Resources for Patients
I Fall Prevention
J FORE Patient Management Summary for Inclusion in Patient Chart