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BONE HEALTH CHOICES. AN AID TO MAKING YOUR DECISIONS.

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Juno-Irl-Dub
Juno-Irl-Dub

I've just come across this 'treatment choice tool'  which was developed by the Mayo Clinic. I've never heard of it before. 

Simply, you put in requested details (similiar to Frax) and it calculates your current percentage risk of fracture  and compares it with your future fracture risk if you take medication for your osteoporosis.- in both cases results are calculated for your and others' specific details as answered in the initial questions. 

(Mayo Clinic - Bone Health Choice - Decision Aid).

Would be interested in anyone's reaction if they check out their own 'current' or 'future risk'. You can also click on a box for ' Side-Effects' and they mention  the probability of those often discussed 'dreaded' risks .  Interesting . . . . . 

 

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  • Anhaga
    Anhaga Juno-Irl-Dub

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    I just did this.  In my case the bisphosphonates were not recommended.  Which is better than my local hospital, using the same risk factors.  smile

    Carol, I just typed in the numbers, didn't get a box of options.  Different browser?

    Aristotle, my femoral neck score is -2.

    • Aristotle13
      Aristotle13 Anhaga

      Posted

      Mine is -3.6 but it wouldn't accept decimals so it was either -3 or -4. I didn't get much in the way of choices either.

    • Anhaga
      Anhaga Aristotle13

      Posted

      I didn't have any trouble typing a fraction - just tried it to see.  Try using a different browser.  Sometimes these things don't function properly in certain browsers.  I used Chrome.

  • faith87650
    faith87650 Juno-Irl-Dub

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    Didn't find that at all easy to use and not very good really so bit of a waste of time. Unusual for the Mayo clinic

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