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Are there many women who after ooph and meds develop severe osteoporosis and shouldnt they be monitored?
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What meds: Aging, we start loosing bone after 35 years of age, family history of osteoporosis, caucasian, low bmi, taking high risk meds(steriods), menopausal state are risk factors for osteoporosis. Surveillance with bone density scans should start aroound fifty if at risk and after 60 if not at high risk.
Answered 3/9/2015
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