What is teh best treatment for a post-menopausal women with a mild
case of osteoporosis?  The patient has digestive problem and may not
be a good candidate to use fosamax or actonel.  Is calcium / vitamin D
intake alone enough to treat osteoporosis? What about strontium
treatment in addition to calcium?  Can you provide the specific brand
/ dosage?  Any real personal experience on its effectiveness or side
effects?  Your feedback is greatly
appreciated.

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Clarification of Question by khristena-ga on 04 Apr 2006 14:54 PDT

Does anyone have comemnts about taking strontium to build bones?  Any side effects?

Please find below a link for published guideline on the same topic,
which will automatically answer your question

Dr Arun Gupta

Please find below a link for published guideline on the same topic,
which will automatically answer your question

http://www.menopause.org/NR/rdonlyres/B920353E-F60F-4A4A-B583-20479F0344A2/0/osteo.pdf

Dr Arun Gupta

Dr Gupta, 

Do you have any information about strontium helping reverse osteoporosis?  
Anything that I should be aware of?  Side effects? I am debating if I
should include strontium in my regimen to fight osteoporosis.  Thanks
in advance for your feedback.

Well khristena,

there is lot of latest published data for the favorable results for
the use of styrontiom in osteoporosis. However, till date, as per the
published guidelines, it is not appearing as a standard therapy alone
or in combination. However personally i feel such agents may be tried
as an adjunct to other treatments, of course taking care of all the
drug interaction and recommended dosing for the same.

Arun

Hello khristena,

Various research on osteoporosis and Strontium are as follows:

Strontium tends to accumulate in bone?especially where active
remodeling is taking place. In 1959, researchers at the Mayo Clinic
investigated the effect of strontium in 32 individuals suffering from
osteoporosis.

One mineral that is not in this formulation that you would need to
take in addition is Strontium. There has been much research showing
that strontium is highly effective at improving bone density. Studies
have shown a 15% increase in lumbar spine bone mineral density over a
two year period, 14.4% over a three year period along with an 8.3%
increase in hip density. We like an Ionic Strontium Concentrate
because, being in an ionic form, it?s absorption will not be blocked
by calcium as will other forms of strontium. Just 10 drops a couple of
times a day, supplying 30 mgs. per serving should be enough when in
the more usual ionic form.

In 1985, Dr. Stanley C. Skoryna of McGill University in Montreal
conducted a small-scale study that pointed to a potential role for
strontium in the treatment of humans.3 Three men and three women with
osteoporosis were each given 600 to 700 mg/day of strontium in the
form of strontium carbonate. Bone biopsies were taken in each patient
at the iliac crest (hip bone), before and after six months of
treatment with strontium. Biopsy samples showed a 172 percent increase
in the rate of bone formation after strontium therapy, with no change
in bone resorption. The patients receiving strontium remarked that the
pains in their bones had diminished and their ability to move around
had improved.

You acn also follow the link for other researches going on:

http://www.worldhealth.net/p/273,5736.html
http://www.online-vitamins-guide.com/minerals/calcium.htm
Hope you'll find it helpful.

Regards
Brainy