Hip fractures. These are major health
issues globally. Richmond hip fracture risk is impacted negatively
by drugs taken for all sorts of issues and helpfully
by nutritional supplements. Johnson Chiropractic always keeps in
mind the risk of fragility hip fracture in our patients with
osteoporosis and carefully monitors
our Richmond osteoporotic patients. A new, simple
way to address hip fracture risk appears to be daily
multivitamin supplementation. Easy!
Richmond 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 a trick! A meta-analysis
(a top-level review) of published research findings about
the effectiveness of screening the general population reported
that such screening decreased osteoporotic fractures and hip
fractures. (1) Johnson Chiropractic is watchful of at-risk
Richmond osteoporotic and hip fracture patients.
DRUGS AND Richmond OSTEOPOROTIC HIP FRACTURE
Fragility hip fractures and related matters
including mortality are issues for healthcare providers. Some
pharmaceutical products are reported to change
bone structure and influence the risk of fragility hip fractures.
These drugs were significantly linked to
these fractures in this review of 38 studies on the topic:
antidepressants, antiparkinsonian drugs, antipsychotic drugs, anxiolytic drugs,
benzodiazepines, H2 antagonists, proton
pump inhibitors, and thyroid hormone.
One drug intervention was linked to 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: information
about osteoporosis and fracture prevention. (2) That’s good
advice. Johnson Chiropractic is all about sharing information and would
add that new research points to
supplementation as a help.
Richmond 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 most
interesting. A
meta-analysis reported on 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 commonly used. Their use was observed to be
significantly protective against osteoporosis-related hip fracture. (3)
Johnson Chiropractic hates to
think any of our osteoporotic patients would suffer
a hip fracture!
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CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
Make your Richmond chiropractic
appointment soon. We can assess your fragility hip
fracture risk and the appropriateness of adding a multivitamin to your daily
nutrition routine to prevent your suffering a
hip fracture.