Strontium: An Alternative Treatment For Osteoporosis

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My doctor, whom is an M.D. as well as an Environmental docotor, uses

strontium mineral [NOT THE SO-CALLED STONTIUM DRUGS!!!!] therapy with some of

her patietns and has been doing so successfully. I happen to have known one of

these patients for over 4 years - this person also has been treated for candida,

as well as Chronic Fatiuge Syndrome and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities.

 

I also have a friend whose husband is presently on the mineral strontium

protecol [ NOT the DRUGS that are suppposed to mimic strontium!!!]

 

I know that this doctor would not use this protocol unless she was

totally convinced that it was effective, and beneficial to the patients. This

doctor is one of the 'old-fashioned' doctors that care about the patients; in

fact she is a doctor because she wants to help people get well. This doctor has

a 3 - 4 year waiting list for this reason plus her expertise.

 

blessings

Shan

PLus the Arthritis Trust Foundation of America also would not recommend this

procedure.

 

Arthritis and Strontium

http://www.arthritistrust.org/Articles/Osteoporosis%20And%20Strontium.pdf

 

, " mumbaixyz " <pbg_28

wrote:

>

> Hi,

>

> 1) Is there anyone using Strontium and seen the good effects. ie checked the

bone diestiy after six months / one year.

>

> 2) i tryed searching the internet for Strontium and came across

" http://saveourbones.com/get-started.html " the site lets you download half of a

book ( " The Bone Revolution " by Vivian Goldschmidt )which gives good information

about the side effects of all the medicine prescribed by the doctors also it

does not give 100% recommendation for Strontium but to get the book we have pay

i do not mind paying not sure if this is a gimmic .. so if anyone has come

across this pls let me know.

>

> regards

> San

>

> , " Starshar " <starshar@>

wrote:

> >

> > Shan,

> > Good for you in paying close attention to the strontium information. The

fact that they are calling it Strontium 'Ranelate', and also mention " new drug "

should've raised my red flags.

> > It sure doesn't sound like the natural mineral.

> > Also, someone had mentioned the dangers of " strontium 90 " . There was a big

scare about this, maybe 15 yrs ago, and my memory of what I read at the time is

now hazy. My recall is that the strontium 90 is a radioactive factor that had

been found in milk, and probably other substances. (this needs updated

research!)

> >

> > But that is still not the same as the natural mineral, strontium.

> >

> > Thanks, Shan!

> >

> > Sharon

> >

> > > In reading this I keep getting the impression that they are basing their

opinions on a drug ,not the natural mineral. And I know that regardless hwo much

the drug companies try to tell us differently, that drugs which are supposedly

knock offs of natural substances - aspirin for one - are not the same at all as

if easily seen in the side effects of the drugs which the natural products do

not have. So I have become suspicious of studies that seem to say that natural

nutrients have damageing efffects,

> > >

> > > It is just me or do you also get the impression that they are considering

a knock-off drugs substitute for the minerals strontium?? I know that the

articles I posted before as well as my doctor's experiance, - they ALL used the

natural mineral of strontium.

> > >

> > > blessings

> > > Shan

> > >

> > > , " Starshar " <starshar@>

wrote:

> > >>

> > >> Do you have any idea where you could have read about these negative

side effects for strontium? I would very much appreciate it as I haven't found

any. And my doctor is using strontium with some of her patients and so is a good

friend of mine. blessings Shan

> > >>

> > >> I have the following saved to a file. I hope it's alright to reproduce

this here, because I do not have the original posters name saved. Sharon

> > >> ****

> > >>

> > >> The promotion of essential micronutrients like sex hormones, vitamins

and minerals for multisystem health including bones is vital.

> > >>

> > >> But what evidence for longterm cost:benefit is there for strontium

supplement for anything let alone bones?

> > >>

> > >> A warning was published in 2005 (Prescrire Int. 2005;14:207-11.)

Strontium: new drug. Postmenopausal osteoporosis: too many unknowns. [No

authors listed]). http://www.level1diet.com/759319_id. No new strontium

trials have appeared since. And all the big strontium trials have been done by

one group, funded by the manufacturer.

> > >>

> > >> There is in fact only one solitary major trial published of sodium

ranelate in osteoporosis, the SOTI-TROPOS trial by Reginster, Meneur ea for the

strontium ranelate SrR manufacturers (Servier) at 72 centers in 11 European

countries and Australia, in some 5000 postmenopausal women recruited from 1996

through 1998 ie till about 2003, with either previous postmenopausal fracture

or frank osteoporosis: All on 1 to 1.5gm calcium and vitamin D 400-800iu/day,

they were randomized to placebo or SrR 2gm/day. After a mean of 3 years,

compared to placebo, vertebral fractures in 1442 women at a mean of 69yrs were

reduced by 49% from baseline , but in the entire cohort nonvertebral fractures

were reduced by only 16% from baseline at mean age of 77yrs.. All fractures

were reduced from 12.9% to 11.2% ie 4.3%pa to 3.7%pa; hip fractures from 3.4%

to 2.9%, vertebral fractures from 14% to 7.7%.

> > >>

> > >> Are these differences significant for patient care, when the longterm

effects of strontium therapy are unknown, and the longterm adverse effects of

biphosphonates are becoming horrifically clear?

> > >>

> > >> But these trials of SrR used only weak baseline prevention of lowdose

calcium and vitamin D . Magnesium, estrogen. vigorous-dose vitamin D eg

2000iu/d, vitamin K, androgen, boron, zinc, and the numerous other preventative

bone-and muscle-strengthening supplements were apparently specifically excluded

or omitted.

> > >>

> > >> And like the concurrent Womens' Health Initiative, the SOTI-TROPOS trial

was stopped woefully too soon instead of letting it run for at least 10 years to

see the longterm benefit (if any). Worst of all, it did not test whether SrR

adds any benefit on a sensible baseline of all the proven supplements that we

have used for decades.

> > >>

> > >> As Winzenberg ea ask in a recent 2007 Australian review, Strontium

ranelate Does it affect the management of postmenopausal osteoporosis?

http://www.racgp.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications/AustralianFamilyPhys\

/2007issues/afp2007august/200708wizenberg.pdf

> > >> " Strontium ranelate did not cause gastritis, back pain or death, but more

or less doubled numerous adverse effects :

> > >> *50% more (ie six out of 100 women taking strontium ranelate) experienced

diarrhoea compared to four out of 100 taking placebo,

> > >> . The risk of vascular system disorders including venous thromboembolism

(two trials, n=6669, 2.2 vs. 1.5%, OR: 1.5, 95% CI: 1.1-2.1) , pulmonary

embolism (two trials, n=6669, 0.8 vs. 0.4%, OR: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.0-3.1) as well as

nervous system disorders such as headache (3.9 vs. 2.9%), seizures (0.3 vs.

0.1%), memory loss (2.4 vs. 1.9%) and disturbance in consciousness (2.5 vs.

2.0%) is slightly increased with taking 2 g of SrR daily over 3-4 years

> > >> . There were no RCTs identified which compared SrR to other treatments

of postmenopausal osteoporosis. "

> > >>

> > >> It is common cause that the chief risk factor for fracture is not bone

density but frailty, falls; and that the only microsupplements that strengthen

muscle are apparently androgen, zinc, calcium and magnesium and the vitamins D

and B6, 9 and 12. There is no absolute contraindication to appropriate long

term human androgen plus estrogen replacement .

> > >>

> > >> Now Fuchs ea show that " Strontium ranelate does not stimulate bone

formation in ovariectomized rats " ..

http://www.galenicom.com/pt/medline/article/18385919/Strontium+ranelate+does+not\

+stimulate+bone+formation+in+ovariectomized+rats./ - sex hormones are necessary

for strontium to benefit bones.

> > >>

> > >> With the old fashioned calmag, zinc, boron, fluoride vitamins A-E, and

parenteral androgen plus estrogen, we have seen bone density rise by 1%pa and

hip density by 1/2% pa over 15years from age 52 in a frail woman with severe

rheumatoid arthritis, despite management with corticosteroid and other remittive

drugs, and repeated surgeries to replace destroyed joints. She has never

sustained an osteoporotic fracture.

> > >>

> > >> So what is the indication to add the long-term (ie >10year) unproven

strontium to proven effective supplements?

> > >>

> > >> Strontium ranelate may work in the medium term (3 to 5 years) but there

is still apparently no more justification for using strontium routinely for

preventing/ treating ageing osteoporosis than there is for biphosphonates or

calcitonin. Considering it's cost including risks, it may be asked if it is

ethical to recommed strontium at more than trace levels?

> > >> Refs at http://healthspanlife.wordpress.com/

> >

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