Richmond Hip Fracture Risk Reduced by Multivitamin Use
Hip fractures. These are major health issues globally. Richmond hip fracture risk is impacted adversely by drugs taken for all sorts of issues and helpfully by nutritional supplements. Johnson Chiropractic always considers the risk of fragility hip fracture in our osteoporotic patients and carefully monitors our Richmond osteoporotic patients. A new, uncomplicated way to address hip fracture risk appears to be once-a-day multivitamin supplementation. Easy!
Richmond OSTEOPOROSIS AND HIP FRACTURE
As easy as it seems, just figuring out who are at risk for osteoporotic hip fractures and treating them to avoid a hip fracture is occasionally difficult! A meta-analysis (a top-level review) of published research data about the effectiveness of screening the general population reported that such screening reduced osteoporotic fractures and hip fractures. (1) Johnson Chiropractic is watchful of at-risk Richmond osteoporotic and hip fracture patients.
DRUGS AND Richmond OSTEOPOROTIC HIP FRACTURE
Fragility hip fractures and related issues including mortality are issues for healthcare providers. Some pharmaceutical products are described as changing bone structure and influence the risk of fragility hip fractures. These drugs were significantly linked to these fractures in a review of 38 studies on the topic: antiparkinsonian drugs, antidepressants, anxiolytic drugs, antipsychotic drugs, benzodiazepines, proton pump inhibitors, H2 antagonists, and thyroid hormone. One drug intervention was associated with a decreased risk of hip fracture: hormone replacement therapy with estrogen. The advice researchers proposed to give patients at risk of fragility hip fractures caused by medications: information about osteoporosis and fracture prevention. (2) That is good advice. Johnson Chiropractic is all about sharing information and would add that new research points to supplementation as a help.
Richmond 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 reported on 8 studies on hip fracture risk and multivitamin use. 80,148 subjects – 4237 of them had a fragility hip fracture – were reviewed. The average age was 69 years. 21% were male. Combined multivitamin supplements are already very popular and widely used. Their use was found to be significantly protective against osteoporosis-related hip fracture. (3) Johnson Chiropractic would hate to see any of our osteoporotic patients experience a hip fracture!
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Schedule your Richmond chiropractic appointment soon. We can evaluate your fragility hip fracture risk and the appropriateness of adding a multivitamin to your daily nutrition routine to avoid your experiencing a hip fracture.
