 Posted 12/10/2011 21:51:11
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Hi Graham,
I notice you said in your opening message that:
Graham (12/10/2011)
I also am taking Ergocalciferol Capsules every week for a low Vitamin D.
Do you know what your vitamin D level is ? A severely and prolonged low vitamin D level can lead to osteomalacia which can cause fractures. You might have read in the press recently that a lot of people in the UK are deficient in vitamin D (though they don't all get osteomalcia) which can cause several health problems. I'm prescribed a highish dose of vitamin D3.
Osteoporosis - Strontium Ranelate, Dekristol vitamin D3 20,000 IU/week, weight lifting, walking and vibration platform exercise, alkaline loaded diet, vitamin K2 MK-7 100mcg/d, K2 MK-4 5mg/d. Diabetes - Repaglinide, low carb diet and exercise. Congenital heart defect - Omacor and CoQ10
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Posted 13/10/2011 09:40:08
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| Before commencing Ergocalciferol Capsules 20,000 i.u. per week my vitamin D3 level was 30 nmol/L. I was investigated for Osteomalacia and this proved negative. My recent vitamin D3 leval was 114 nmol.L.
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Posted 13/10/2011 12:07:28
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Hi Graham,
Shows your ergocalciferol is working 
I take one 20,000 IU D3 (cholecalciferol) capsule per fortnight in summer and one per week in winter and my most recent vitamin D level was 149 nmol/L - I feel good on it too, haven't had a cold for 18 months
Osteoporosis - Strontium Ranelate, Dekristol vitamin D3 20,000 IU/week, weight lifting, walking and vibration platform exercise, alkaline loaded diet, vitamin K2 MK-7 100mcg/d, K2 MK-4 5mg/d. Diabetes - Repaglinide, low carb diet and exercise. Congenital heart defect - Omacor and CoQ10
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Posted 17/10/2011 15:21:22
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Hi Graham,
as everyone else here has said, you do not have osteoporosis or even osteopenia, or osteomalacia
I was in the same boat when I fell and fractured my hip. My Brit GP tried to get me to take Alendronate Acid and tried to frighten me into taking it when I refused, with stories of imminent spine fractures.
But my bone scan turned out to be osteopenia in the hip and my spine is absolutely fine.
Like Annabel Lee, I was wondering about your vitamin D levels pre fracture, as the more I read about low vitamin D and the relation to fractures, the more I think this is often the key, rather than osteoporosis (although not in my case as it turns out....).
But Annabel's point about some people with non-osteoporotic bones fracturing, while others with osteoporosis do not is, I think, more telling. And I do wish that the medical profession would take the time to research this more, rather than assuming that all people 'of a certain age' or who have particular types of fracture have osteoporosis.
Because putting someone on bisphosphonates when they do not need them is totally wrong in my opinion.
When you had your bone scan, did the radiographer take x-rays of your spine from either side as well as straight on?
I ask because mine did - just to see if my fall had done any damage to my spine (it hadn't, but it was nice to be sure).
Because I'm wondering whether that is the reason for your bisphosphonate prescription.
But don't worry. I'm probably wrong.
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Posted 17/10/2011 18:45:27
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| No the radiographer only took the bone scan areas of my hip and lumber spine. There was no x-rays taken before or after the procedure was carried out.
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