Hip fractures. These are major health
issues around the globe. La Grande hip fracture risk is impacted negatively
by drugs taken for all types of issues and positively
by nutritional supplements. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC always keeps in
mind the risk of fragility hip fracture in our patients with
osteoporosis and carefully monitors
our La Grande osteoporotic patients. A new, simple
way to address hip fracture risk appears to be once-a-day
multivitamin supplementation. Easy!
La Grande OSTEOPOROSIS AND HIP FRACTURE
As easy as it seems, just finding the people
who are at risk for osteoporotic hip fractures and treating them to avoid
a hip fracture is occasionally difficult! A meta-analysis
(a top-level review) of published research findings regarding
the efficacy of screening the general population reported
that such screening decreased osteoporotic fractures and hip
fractures. (1) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is vigilant about looking for at-risk
La Grande osteoporotic and hip fracture patients.
DRUGS AND La Grande OSTEOPOROTIC HIP FRACTURE
Fragility hip fractures and related issues
including mortality are issues for healthcare providers. Certain
pharmaceutical products are described as changing
bone structure and impact the risk of fragility hip fractures.
These drugs were significantly linked to
these fractures in this review of 38 studies on the topic:
antiparkinsonian drugs, antidepressants, anxiolytic
drugs, antipsychotic drugs, benzodiazepines, proton pump inhibitors, H2
antagonists, and thyroid hormone.
One drug intervention was associated with a decreased risk of hip fracture: hormone replacement therapy with estrogen. The advice
researchers suggested to give patients at risk of fragility hip
fractures due to medications: information
about osteoporosis and fracture prevention. (2) That is good
advice. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is all about sharing information and would
add that new research indicates that supplementation helps.
La Grande 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 of interest. A
meta-analysis found 8 studies on hip fracture risk and
multivitamin use. 80,148 subjects – 4237 of them had a fragility hip fracture –
were included. The average age was 69 years. 21% were
male. Combined multivitamin supplements are already very popular
and widely used. Their use was found to be
significantly protective against osteoporosis-related hip fracture. (3)
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC hates to
think any of our osteoporotic patients would suffer
a hip fracture!
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CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Schedule your La Grande chiropractic
appointment soon. We can evaluate your fragility hip
fracture risk and the appropriateness of adding a multivitamin to your daily
nutrition routine to prevent your suffering a
hip fracture.