Just diagnosed and prescribed Alendronic Acid which I am not willing to take
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I have just been diagnosed with beginning of osteoporosis in my back and osteopenia in my hip. It was a real blow, I am very healthy and exercise regularly, I do not smoke nor drink and eat a good diet. I have had low vitamin D levels for years. I am now addressing this. I do not want to take this medication and I would like to go the supplementation route. I have heard of a "natural progesterone cream", has anybody tried this? I am going to start a supplement containing vit D2, K2, C, calcium, magnesium, zinc, copper, manganese, potassium, boron. Can anybody advise regarding the amount of K2 which one needs to take?
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I'm in a similar position to you.
My calcium levels are fine and Vit D levels were low normal - I'm happy to take supplementation, but not happy to take AA.
I wasn't aware of Vit K2 until today so I'm investigating myself.
It's all in my spine too - my T score was less than -2.5 so mine is osteoporosis - I'm just 41.
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The calcium supplement I take has a small amount of K2, but I'm also taking a separate K2 supplement which recommends 1 capsule per day, it's 100 mcg. Go with what the manufacturer of the supplement says. I've read that it is hard to overdose on K2, unlike some other vitamins, so you should be fine no matter what you decide. We do, apparently, make a small amount of our own K2, something about converting K1 (found in leafy greens) to K2, but we aren't very efficient at it, hence the need for supplementation. Japanese people who eat natto (the source for our supplement) ingest a huge amount of K2 and there are no reports of adverse effects. Kind of like not getting poisoned by Vitamin D obtained from sun exposure. the body handles it when it comes in naturally.
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I hadn't heard that. In fact I do take them at different meals, but that was more by accident than design. How do we ever manage when nothing can be taken with anything else?![lol](https://patient.azureedge.net/forums/emoticons/lol.gif)
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I did a quick google search and all I found was something about not taking them with some other medication, I forget what, but nothing about not taking them with each other. When I have time I'll look further. Anything like this on a Facebook page I'd tend to try and find the research backing it up. Just because my life is inconvenient enough!
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I use nutrizing 600 mcg . And have been for 18 months along with all the rest u mention and chromium piconilate beta carotene and k1 . I train every day about 2 hours weights i run hiits treadmill and rowing teach spinning and classes at the age if 55 with t scores 3.7 and 1.7 . Diagnosed 18 months niw and nothing would have got me taking AA . I can rotate 360° on a rig do hundreds of press ups and squat and readlift . Moral of this is eat well train well look after your body and say no to drugd and pharmaceutical companies profits
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