[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Get a Prolia shot 2 x year. Reverses bone loss

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Switch to Armour

[catnipman]

“linked levothyroxine use to a greater loss of bone mass and bone density over six years — even in older adults with normal thyroid function.”

A. why would older adults with normal thyroid function be taking levothyroxine?

B. did the study do a double-blinded, placebo-controlled study comparing bone-loss between those taking levothyroxine with folks with hypothyroidism who were NOT taking levothyroxine (t4) or triiodothyronine (T3) but taking the placebo instead? ... if not, then the study is completely useless ...

[redfreedom]

I don’t have a thyroid and use levothyroxine daily.

With this news I’m stopping it immediately. I’d rather go slowly into a coma and die than have bone loss.

[null and void]

"even in older adults with normal thyroid function."

And how about in us old farts without a thyroid?

[Sarah Barracuda]

Guess I’m gonna lose my bones cause I’ve been taking this for 15 + yrs

[mfish13]

If you lose your thyroid to cancer, you will be taking levothyroxine.

[goodnesswins]

have taken Levo for probably, oh, 20+ years...and still have strong bones. And, I am old, but active...active all my life.

[umbagi]

My mother took Levothyroxine for decades. She had two multiple-fracture falls (left hip+left elbow, right hip+right shoulder), but they were at 84 and 91 years old. She recovered from both, and walked into the polling place (with a walker) to vote in the 2022 Republican primaries, before dying in August of that year. I don’t think Levo caused the breaks; she was tough, but old.

[maddog55]

Most prescriptions are completely unnecessary and just make big pharma richer.

There’s a drug for everything and another drug that takes care of the side effects of that drug.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Levothyroxine — marketed under brand names such as Synthroid***

Wow! I have been on that since 1978! I must be dead by now. Nope! Still kicking. Only bone problem I have had is a massive gout attack in the right knee two months ago. I am 78 years old.

[CFW]

This is another one of those drugs that starts off with “Ask you doctor if ________ is right for you!’

And ends three years later with, “If you or your loved one were prescribed __________, call Sue, Settle, & Monee at 1800-Get-Cash (ext. Now).

[Albion Wilde]

Ping!

[Albion Wilde]

Ping!

[Sirius Lee]

I’ve found that whiskey contributes to bone loss, but that natural remedies such as oysters fortify and attenuate bonage.

[ConservativeMind]

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[wyokostur]

So many elderly people suffer from muscle loss and bone loss because of lack of daily exercise and maximum protein intake.

I’m 59 and in the gym 4 days a week lifting heavy to build muscle and stay strong for the future me. I also take Thyroid meds. Having my Thyroid at healthy levels helps me feel better and then I fell like doing more.

I just wonder about these studies. Were the people with bone loss healthy active people?

[Bottom_Gun]

had to have my thyroid removed about 22 yrs ago, because of years of exposure to Ionizing radiation it was growing nodules on it. i was prescribed Levothyroxine and still take it, but they also prescribed calcium supplements because without the thyroid you no longer regulate blood calcium. maybe that is the key, I'm in my 60s and all xrays have shown my bones are still strong

[CodeToad]

Translation: Someone is marketing a new drug aimed at negligible bone loss from using Synthroid.