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Bone Drugs - Building or Breaking Bones?
Posted by Margy Squires on 8/25/2015 to
Bone Health
When a patient is diagnosed with osteopenia or osteoporosis,
a condition of thinning bone density, they are often prescribed a
bisphosphonate drug. These drugs are designed to prevent further loss of bone
density. Unfortunately, their method of action prevents bone rebuilding, in the
hopes of maintaining bone integrity.
Normally when bones suffer wear and tear, your body would
naturally break down the old or damaged bone and replace it with new bone
materials to make it as strong or dense as before. Bone drugs, on the other
hand, ensure that the old bone doesn’t undergo this remodeling, keeping old
bone around. On a bone density or DEXA (x-ray) scan, this bone looks as if it
is denser. However, the old bone becomes more brittle and actually increases
the risk of fracture.
