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Petition FDA To Add Strontium Citrate

I have just asked the FDA to consider adding strontium citrate to their Medline supplement index, which is a list of approved supplements. If you would like to email the FDA, click here: http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/qa-top.html

Effect Of Strontium on DEXA Scan

The presence of strontium in bone influences bone mineral density (BMD) and bone mineral content (BMC) measurements by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). DEXA scans are usually read based on calcium as the main component of bone. Since strontium is heavier than calcium, its presence in bone will change the results of the scan.

When you go for your next DEXA scan, be sure to inform the radiologist, in writing, about your daily dose of strontium and how long you have been taking it. He can make a correction, or at least note on your results, that you have been taking strontium. Without an adjustment in the interpretation, BMD can be read as artificially high. You might be wise to give the clinician a copy of "Strontium DEXA Scan Effect," which you can print out at www.osteopenia3.com/Strontium-dexa-scan.html.

Strontium Malonate

Osteologix, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company headquartered in San Francisco, CA, announced in May, 2008, that the FDA has accepted its investigational new drug (IND) application for NB S101 (strontium malonate) to treat and prevent osteoporosis. See links to three articles on this topic at the end of this blog.

Men And Young Women With Osteoporosis

Mention osteoporosis to most people and they automatically think of women, especially older women, but men and young women can also have brittle bones. According to Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld's article in Parade (May 18, 2008, page 8), two million men is the U.S.A. have the disease, and 12 million more are at risk. I haven't found statistics for young women, but I have read blog posts from several women in their 20's and 30's with osteoporosis.



Causes include:

• Steroids taken to treat asthma or arthritis


• Long-term use of antacids containing aluminum


• Low levels of sex hormones (Hysterectemies in women can cause this.)


• Too much thyroid hormone


• Smoking


• Excessive alcohol consumption


• Lack of exercise


• Inadequate dietary calcium


• Heredity


• Lactation (Nursing mothers lose calcium.)

Why I No Longer Take Fosamax

I took Fosamax 70 mg once weekly for seven months before getting off due to intolerable side effects beginning after four months. The worst problems were vertigo and dizziness, which came on suddenly. I woke up one morning and when I tried to get out of bed, I felt like I was falling. I had to call my husband to assist me to the bathroom. Although these symptoms became less severe, I never regained my equilibrium while on Fosamax and was unable to exercise on the floor due to vertigo when I lay flat. I also experienced heart palpitations,extreme coldness, and general malaise about two hours after taking my weekly dose. I now wonder if I was having atrial fibrillation, another serious side effect of Fosamax. I am so glad I got off it!

I gave my body a month to clear out the drug and then I began taking strontium citrate 680 mg once daily. I feel well again and began this blog to relate my progress and get comments from others.