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Which osteoporosis medications are safe to offer a patient with severe osteoporosis who is strictly vegan?

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Endocrinology · Boston University School of Medicine
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It would be helpful to know what severe osteoporosis means and what the T-scores are in the hip and spine. For patients who are strictly vegan, I would put them on an appropriate osteoporotic medication, making sure that they have an adequate calcium intake either from their diet or supplements, alo...

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