Hip fractures. These are major health
issues globally. The risk of Ashburn
hip fracture is impacted adversely
by drugs taken for all sorts of issues and helpfully
by nutritional supplements. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn always keeps in
mind the risk of fragility hip fracture in our osteoporotic patients and carefully monitors
our Ashburn osteoporotic patients. A new, uncomplicated
way to address hip fracture risk appears to be once-a-day
multivitamin supplementation. Easy!
Ashburn OSTEOPOROSIS AND HIP FRACTURE
As easy as it seems, just figuring out
who are at risk for osteoporotic hip fractures and treating them to avoid
a hip fracture is sometimes difficult! A meta-analysis
(a top-level review) of published research data regarding
the efficacy of screening the general population reported
that such screening reduced osteoporotic fractures and hip
fractures. (1) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is watchful of at-risk
Ashburn osteoporotic and hip fracture patients.
DRUGS AND Ashburn OSTEOPOROTIC HIP FRACTURE
Fragility hip fractures and associated matters
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 highly linked to
these fractures in this review of 38 studies on the subject:
antiparkinsonian drugs, antidepressants, anxiolytic
drugs, antipsychotic drugs, benzodiazepines, proton pump inhibitors, H2
antagonists, and thyroid hormone.
One drug intervention was associated with a reduced risk of hip fracture: hormone replacement therapy with estrogen. The advice
researchers proposed to give patients at risk of fragility hip
fractures caused by medications: info
about osteoporosis and fracture prevention. (2) That is good
advice. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is all about giving out information and would
add that new research points to
supplementation as a help.
Ashburn 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 reviewed. The average age was 69 years. 21% were
male. Combined multivitamin supplements are already very popular
and widely used. Their use was observed to be
significantly protective against osteoporosis-related hip fracture. (3)
Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn would hate to see any of our osteoporotic patients suffer
a hip fracture!
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CONTACT Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
Make your Ashburn chiropractic
appointment now. We can evaluate your fragility hip
fracture risk and the appropriateness of adding a multivitamin to your daily
nutrition routine to avoid your experiencing a
hip fracture.