Hip fractures. These are significant health
issues around the world. Pflugerville hip fracture risk is impacted negatively
by drugs taken for all types of issues and positively
by nutritional supplements. Pflugerville Wellness Center constantly keeps in
mind the risk of fragility hip fracture in our patients with
osteoporosis and carefully monitors
our Pflugerville osteoporotic patients. A new, simple
way to address hip fracture risk seems to be once-a-day
multivitamin supplementation. Easy!
Pflugerville OSTEOPOROSIS AND HIP FRACTURE
As easy as it seems, just figuring out
who are at risk for osteoporotic hip fractures and treating them to avoid
a hip fracture is occasionally a trick! A meta-analysis
(a top-level review) of published research data regarding
the efficacy of screening the general population reported
that such screening decreased osteoporotic fractures and hip
fractures. (1) Pflugerville Wellness Center is watchful of at-risk
Pflugerville osteoporotic and hip fracture patients.
DRUGS AND Pflugerville OSTEOPOROTIC HIP FRACTURE
Fragility hip fractures and related matters
including mortality are issues for healthcare providers. Certain
pharmaceutical products are reported to change
bone structure and influence the risk of fragility hip fractures.
These drugs were highly associated with
these fractures in a review of 38 studies on the topic:
antidepressants, antiparkinsonian drugs, antipsychotic drugs, anxiolytic drugs,
benzodiazepines, H2 antagonists, proton
pump inhibitors, and thyroid hormone.
One drug intervention was linked to a decreased risk of hip fracture: hormone replacement therapy with estrogen. The advice
researchers proposed to give patients at risk of fragility hip
fractures caused by medications: details
about osteoporosis and fracture prevention. (2) That’s good
advice. Pflugerville Wellness Center is all about sharing information and would
add that new research points to
supplementation as a help.
Pflugerville CHIROPRACTIC SUGGESTED NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
AND HIP FRACTURE REDUCTION
As hip fracture is a serious complication of osteoporosis, a
non-drug approach like multivitamin use and its effect on hip fracture risk is most
interesting. A
meta-analysis reported on 8 studies on hip fracture risk and
multivitamin use. 80,148 subjects – 4237 of them had a fragility hip fracture –
were reviewed. The average age was 69 years. 21% were
male. Combined multivitamin supplements are already quite popular
and widely used. Their use was found to be
significantly protective against osteoporosis-related hip fracture. (3)
Pflugerville Wellness Center hates to
think any of our osteoporotic patients would suffer
a hip fracture!
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CONTACT Pflugerville Wellness Center
Make your Pflugerville chiropractic
appointment today. We can evaluate your fragility hip
fracture risk and the appropriateness of adding a multivitamin to your daily
nutrition routine to prevent your experiencing a
hip fracture.