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    Interventions in the Battle Against Osteoporosis

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    A 7 page discussion of the causes and effects of osteoporosis. This paper reveals a number of interventional methodologies which are useful in combating the condition. The importance of hormones in this condition is emphasized and interventional approaches such as estrogen replacement therapy, vitamin regimes including vitamins D and calcium, as well as the importance of other hormone replacement therapies such as that which is available for growth hormone, cakitonin, bisphosphonates and those known as Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMS). Bibliography lists 10 sources.

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    2001). By 2015 the total number of individuals suffering from the condition in the U.S. is projected as high as forty-one million (McClung, 2001). An astounding eighty percent  of this number is women (McClung, 2001). This condition, also know as "Brittle Bone Disease", in fact, affects primarily postmenopausal women (McGee PG). The majority of bone loss  in these women occurs in the first five to ten years after menopause (Minkin, 2001). Osteoporosis can be classified as either  primary or secondary. While secondary osteoporosis is related to certain diseases and treatments, primary osteoporosis is related to estrogen deficiency (Burke, 2001). Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is, in  fact, one of the most frequently recommended interventions for osteoporosis. McClung (2001, PG) notes:  "Studies have shown that ERT (taken orally or delivered through a patch) prevents bone loss and reduces fracture risk in postmenopausal women. Estrogen replacement therapy is effective early in menopause  and in older postmenopausal women with established osteoporosis. If ERT is discontinued, though, bone loss will quickly resume".  While it is important to address estrogen levels in osteoporosis, there are other considerations as well. Some women cant take estrogen for fear of increased risks  of breast cancer or a multitude of other reasons. In this case the drugs known as bisphosphonates and those known as Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMS), present an  alternative (McClung, 2001). Although these drugs arent hormones they have been proven to effectively reduce bone loss (McClung, 2001). Cakitonin is a calcium regulating hormone which is also 

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