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While taking depo began to have bad knee pains joined military and pain worsened hard to walk up and down stairs loss of bone density the problem?
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Bone density: Loss of bone density at age 17 is very unlikely unless you have a major medical condition. Maximum bone density increases from your age till about 25 and risk of fracture is low.
Answered 11/17/2015
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