Baton Rouge Hip Fracture Risk Reduced by Multivitamin Use
Hip fractures. These are significant health issues globally. The risk of Baton Rouge hip fracture is impacted negatively by drugs taken for all types of issues and helpfully by nutritional supplements. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers always keeps in mind the risk of fragility hip fracture in our osteoporotic patients and carefully observes our Baton Rouge osteoporotic patients. A new, simple way to address hip fracture risk seems to be once-a-day multivitamin supplementation. Easy!
Baton Rouge OSTEOPOROSIS AND HIP FRACTURE
As easy as it seems, just figuring out who are at risk for osteoporotic hip fractures and treating them to prevent a hip fracture is occasionally a trick! A meta-analysis (a top-level review) of published research data regarding the efficacy of screening the general population reported that such screening reduced osteoporotic fractures and hip fractures. (1) Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is watchful of at-risk Baton Rouge osteoporotic and hip fracture patients.
DRUGS AND Baton Rouge OSTEOPOROTIC HIP FRACTURE
Fragility hip fractures and related matters including mortality are issues for healthcare providers. Certain pharmaceutical products are reported to alter bone structure and impact the risk of fragility hip fractures. These drugs were highly associated with these fractures in this review of 38 studies on the topic: antidepressants, antiparkinsonian drugs, antipsychotic drugs, anxiolytic drugs, H2 antagonists, benzodiazepines, proton pump inhibitors, and thyroid hormone. One drug intervention was linked to a decreased risk of hip fracture: hormone replacement therapy with estrogen. The advice researchers suggested to give patients at risk of fragility hip fractures caused by medications: details about osteoporosis and fracture prevention. (2) That is good advice. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is all about sharing information and would add that new research indicates that supplementation helps.
Baton Rouge CHIROPRACTIC SUGGESTED NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS AND HIP FRACTURE REDUCTION
As hip fracture is a serious complication of osteoporosis, a non-drug approach like multivitamin use and its effect on hip fracture risk is most interesting. A meta-analysis found 8 studies on hip fracture risk and multivitamin use. 80,148 subjects – 4237 of them had a fragility hip fracture – were examined. The average age was 69 years. 21% were male. Combined multivitamin supplements are already quite popular and widely used. Their use was found to be significantly protective against osteoporosis-related hip fracture. (3) Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers would hate to see any of our osteoporotic patients suffer a hip fracture!
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Make your Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment soon. We can evaluate your fragility hip fracture risk and the appropriateness of adding a multivitamin to your daily nutrition routine to prevent your suffering a hip fracture.
