How is osteoporosis treated?

Some ways to treat osteoporosis, first of all are some lifestyle modifications. Calcium and vitamin D are great supplements for everyone to take even when you're young.

You can build that peak bone mass up until you're about 30 years old, and then it helps you kind of maintain that, then there are some more prescription strength therapies that people take including the Fosamax or the bisphosphonates are the first line of treatment. Sometimes people don't tolerate those as well in their other types of medications such as; some hormone replacement therapies and something called Forteo, which actually helps you build bone mass as used as a kind of last line therapy for patients that are not tolerating other options.