Osteopenia does not always need medicine
Treatment depends on your 10-year fracture risk, not just your T-score. Using the FRAX tool, medicine is often advised when the risk of a hip fracture is 3 percent or more, or the risk of a major fracture is 20 percent or more.
Steps to protect your bones
- Weight-bearing exercise like walking and strength training
- Enough calcium from food, plus vitamin D when low
- Protein at every meal
- Limiting alcohol and not smoking
- Home safety to prevent falls
We repeat bone density testing at intervals that fit your risk and look for causes like low vitamin D or thyroid excess.