Firstly, some people do gain more bone density with drug therapy- it's
simply uncommon- but mainly it happens to people who look after their
lifestyle as well as take drugs- the lower your bone density, the more
important drug therapy is.
30mg of cortisone vs 20mg is only a small difference- not  a very strong
cause of osteoporosis. Discuss with your physician.
If your physician thinks you may have been misdiagnosed hypothyroid, discuss
this again next visit.
Can't comment on the calcitonin- I think calcitonin deficiency is rare-
speak to your physician next visit. still, people with Addison's disease are
at risk of other endocrine problems. Calcitonin supplementation by food
doesn't work- the gut destroys it- injectable forms are available and a
calcitonin nasal spray is available in some parts of the world.
Ben

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From: Ingrid Bauer <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, 27 July 1999 3:58
Subject: Re: [P-F] Loren Cordain


> thank you for this article it give me some more clues.
>
>
> >http://www.panix.com/~paleodiet/losspts.txt has many answers to these
> >questions. If you follow that advice you'll know more than 99% of
> >osteoporosis patients (and many physicians!).
> >
> >Calcium loss is often a slow process, and Calcium regain is hard to
achieve
> >and always slow- normally physicians count it as a success if they can
> >simply stop further calcium loss. If you actually gain bone density
> (usually
> >takes 12-18 months to see a change), you're in the lucky few. Actual gain
> in
> >bone density is the holy grail of osteoporosis therapy- not yet achieved
> >despite the claims of some drug companies.
>
> i am getting confirmed to not go with recomendation of doctors to get
> medication  for now , if it is just for at best maintening the present
bone
> density. I prefer to adress the causes of bone loss and check again the
> result.
> >
> >Cortisone REPLACEMENT therapy for Addison's disease shouldn't necessarily
> >cause osteoporosis if you're not over-replaced (ie only receiving
> >physiological doses like 25mg hydrocortisone/day)(equivalent to wht
normal
> people's adrenal glands make.
>
> my endo ask me to take 30 mg (65  to 70 pounds wheight) for over one year
> instead of 20 previously     . I came back to 20 on my own by changing the
> schedule of intake ( 10 +5+5  instead of 20 +10) it works way better. i
had
> other episodes in my life of taking 30 but mostly i have been on 20.
>
>  Over-replacement of thyroid hormone erodes
> >bone density- so perfect balance (euthyroid) is best. Follow your
doctors's
> >recommendations on these critical hormones.
>
> my endo suspected ( before the bone test ) over suplementation of thyroid
> hormone and ask me to reduce (to reduce to 125 from 150mg ) one year ago
> too, and was suggesting that i might have been missdiagnose with
> hypothyroidie in the first place
> >
> >By looking after your lifestyle so carefully, you have a very big
> advantage.
> >Be patient, repeat your bone mineral density test each 12-18 months.
> >
> >Ben Balzer
> >
> From  reading the article , i am wondering by having unactive thyroid
glands
> i am not producing calcitonin ,explaining why exercice is not changing the
> picture. Does it  exist other possibility of getting calcitonin?
> (supplementation, other glands production, food?)
>
> I noted the correlation of high sugar intake ( every lunch meal have been
> almost exclusively fruits for many years with no breakfast taken in the
> morning ) dinner being protein rich foods with vegetables.
> Magnesium is certainly some thing for me to research more.How to we get
more
> magnesium in the diet?
> what about the oils aspect of vit D sythesis in the skin?
> what part of eggs are interfering with calcium absobtion.?
> what is celiac disease exactly ? can you have this condition without
eating
> grains?
> jean-claude