Women Fitness

Women Fitness is an exhaustive resource on exercise for women, workouts for women, strength training, Zumba, HIIT, weight loss, workout, fitness tips, yoga, pregnancy.

  • 150 countries
  • Site Map
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • Health & Fitness
  • Celebrities
  • News
  • Digital Magazine
  • Shopping
  • Print Magazine
    • Follow
    • Subscribe

Orthopedics

New Treatment for Osteoporosis Protects Patients

September 21, 2017 By Namita Nayyar (Editor in chief)

A new treatment for osteoporosis provides major improvements in bone density and more effective protection against fractures than the current standard treatment. These are the findings of a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The study is the first that compares the effect of two osteoporosis medicines on fractures.

New Treatment Osteoporosis

“With the new treatment, we could offer significantly better protection against fractures and could thereby help many patients with severe osteoporosis,” says co-author of the study Mattias Lorentzon, Professor of Geriatrics at the Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, and Senior Physician at Sahlgrenska University Hospital.

Many patients with severe osteoporosis and a high risk of fractures often cannot regain their original bone strength. They continue to have fractures even with treatment according to current standards with alendronate in tablet form every week.

Alendronate increases bone density by slowing the breakdown of bone and thereby decreasing the risk of fractures by 20-50 per cent. Many people with osteoporosis, especially elderly women, nonetheless continue to suffer broken bones, sometimes just by falling from a standing position. The fractures lead to disability and suffering, and with hip and vertebral fractures, often premature death.

The current study included 4,093 women, of an average age of 74 years, with osteoporosis and previous fractures. They were randomly allocated to 12 months’ treatment with either alendronate or the new medication romosozumab, an antibody that blocks the substance sclerostin, which slows the new formation of bone. Treatment with romosozumab thereby leads to rapid new bone formation. After the first 12 months, all patients received alendronate for 12 months.

The risk of vertebral fracture in the course of the study proved to be 48 per cent lower for those who received romosozumab compared with the group that received alendronate the whole time. The proportions suffering fractures in the two groups were 6.2 per cent and 11.9 per cent, respectively.

The risk of a clinical fracture, such as an arm or leg fracture, was 27 per cent lower in the group that received romosozumab. Here, the proportions suffering fractures in the different groups were 9.7 per cent and 13.0 per cent, respectively.

The proportion of side effects and serious side effects was generally just as common in both of the treatment groups. However, it was observed that serious cardiovascular events, such as heart attack or stroke, occurred in 2.5 per cent of the patients that received romosozumab compared with 1.9 per cent in the group that received alendronate during the first 12 months of the study.

According to Mattias Lorentzon, the safety aspects of the new medication need to be studied further. However, an earlier study of nearly twice the size showed that romosozumab does not provide a greater risk of cardiovascular events compared with a placebo.

“With romosozumab in the treatment arsenal, we could prevent many fractures among the high-risk patients,” he concludes.

News

  • Alternative Health
  • Arthritis
  • Asthma & Allergies
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular Health
  • Diabetes
  • Fertility & Pregnancy
  • Nutrition & Wellness
  • Orthopedics
  • Sports & Medicine
  • Weight Management
  • Women Beauty
  • Women Health
  • Other

Digital Magazine Sign-Up

Digital Magazine Available On

Available On Readly App

Available On Magzter

Advertise With Us











  • facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • Pinterest
  • Instagram

JOIN WF

  • Advertise With Us
  • Digital Magazine

Absolutely Free

  • WF Categories
  • Low Calorie Recipes
  • Calorie Catch
  • WF Entertainment

All About Us

  • About Namita
  • Team
  • Testimonials
  • Contact Us

© by Womenfitness.net 1999–2025. All rights reserved.

All Categories

  • What’s New
  • Weight Loss
    • Obesity
    • Low Calorie Recipes
    • Real Weight Loss Stories
    • Daily Tip
    • Fitness Analysis
    • Motivation of the Day
  • Exercise
    • Body building
    • Fitness for Models
    • Target Abs
    • Women At 40
    • Motivation Point
  • Healthy Eating
    • Calorie Catch
    • Disease Management
    • Good health
    • Herbs
  • Beauty & Fashion
    • Eye Care
    • Hair Care
    • Hand & Foot Care
    • Make Up
    • Skin Care
    • Beauty Tip
  • Celebrities
    • Actresses
    • Celebrities & Fitness Trainers
    • Sportswomen
    • Celebrity List
  • Pregnancy
    • Fertility & Conception
    • Health During Pregnancy
    • Getting Back to Normal
    • Problems in Pregnancy
    • Sexual Health
  • Yoga
    • Beauty & Yoga
    • Yoga during Pregnancy
    • Meditation Point
    • The Yogic Diet
    • Weight loss Yoga
    • Yog – Asanas
    • Yoga & Disease Management
    • Yoga in Action
  • Contact
    • About Namita
    • Our Team
    • Advertize with Us
    • FAQ
    • Message Board
    • Contact Us
  • Shopping
    • Book & Mag. Store
    • Fitness Apparels
    • Fitness Music
    • Fitness Dvd’s
    • Maternity Store
    • Sports & Outdoors
    • Health Care Store
    • Natural Health Foods
    • Herbs & Spices
    • Beauty Shop
    • Jewelry Store
    • Flowers
    • Health Care Equip.
    • Diet & Nutrition
    • Health Mobile Apps
    • Sex Lubes Store
  • Fitness Components
    • Flexibility
    • Cardiovascular
    • Weight Management
    • Nutrition
    • Strength Training
  • More
    • Testimonials
    • WF Links
    • Privacy Policy
    • Site Map
    • Disclaimer
    • News
    • Member’s Area
    • Reviews

Follow

  • facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • Pinterest
  • Instagram
Go to mobile version