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What do patients take to treat Osteoporosis and its symptoms?

Commonly prescribed and frequently used treatments

Treatment name	Efficacy	Overall rating of side effects	# of Evaluations
Alendronate (Alendro Once Weekly, Fosamax)	3 (16%) experienced major efficacy 1 (5%) experienced moderate efficacy 2 (11%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 13 (68%) could not tell	3 (16%) experienced severe side effects 2 (11%) experienced moderate side effects 2 (11%) experienced mild side effects 12 (63%) experienced no side effects	19
Risedronate (Actonel)	4 (31%) experienced major efficacy 3 (23%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 6 (46%) could not tell	1 (8%) experienced severe side effects 2 (15%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 10 (77%) experienced no side effects	13
Calcium plus Vitamin D (Ostelin Vitamin D and Calcium, Citrical Plus Bone Density Builder, NatureMade Calcium with Vitamin D, Trader Joe's Calcium with Vitamin D)	4 (33%) experienced major efficacy 1 (8%) experienced moderate efficacy 1 (8%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 6 (50%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 1 (8%) experienced moderate side effects 1 (8%) experienced mild side effects 10 (83%) experienced no side effects	12
Boniva	1 (14%) experienced major efficacy 1 (14%) experienced moderate efficacy 2 (29%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 3 (43%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 2 (29%) experienced mild side effects 5 (71%) experienced no side effects	7
Calcium (Calcium-Sandoz, NSI Calcium, Physicians Formula Calcium, Spring Valley Calcium)	0 (0%) experienced major efficacy 3 (50%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 3 (50%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 1 (17%) experienced mild side effects 5 (83%) experienced no side effects	6
Bone Density Scan	2 (33%) experienced major efficacy 1 (17%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 1 (17%) experienced no efficacy 2 (33%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 6 (100%) experienced no side effects	6

These charts show data from Osteoporosis patients' latest treatment evaluations

Who has Osteoporosis at PatientsLikeMe?

930 patients have this condition
43 New patients joined this month
42 say Osteoporosis is their primary condition

<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+
Current Age
3 patients	37 patients	73 patients	170 patients	340 patients	203 patients	27 patients

Distribution of females vs. males
Gender
87%	Females
13%	Males

Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom	# of patients	Proportion
0-19 yrs	12	12
20-29 yrs	22	22
30-39 yrs	30	30
40-49 yrs	47	47
50-59 yrs	46	46
60-69 yrs	7	7
70+ yrs	1	1

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status	# of patients	Proportion
Diagnosed	343	343
Not Officially Diagnosed	30	30

These charts show data from Osteoporosis patients who have completed their condition history

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