Patients often ask their doctors in the clinic, “I drink milk, bone broth, take calcium supplements, and exercise …… do everything I can, but osteoporosis still occurs. Why is that?” In fact, this is a typical “supplement” not “plug” phenomenon. Experts point out: calcium deficiency is only part of the cause of osteoporosis, calcium supplementation in the young period is to help the development of bones, to help lay a solid foundation for bones to cope with the consumption of adult, can also be said to be the first step in the prevention of osteoporosis; but with the growth of age, bone loss is bound to increase, when a little carelessness is likely to suffer from osteoporosis, once diagnosed, simple calcium supplementation is not a comprehensive treatment! Once diagnosed, calcium supplementation alone cannot fully treat osteoporosis in menopausal women and older men! Because adequate calcium supplementation is only the basic health care work, and for people who have osteoporosis, “supplementation” alone is not enough. Take post-menopausal women as an example, they lack of estrogen and at the same time vitamin D and other synthetic functions are also reduced, intestinal calcium absorption is impaired, osteoclasts (commonly known as bone eating cells) are active, as a result, bone destruction is greater than bone production, the activity of bone cells is reduced, which seriously affects the normal metabolism of bones, bone absorption and loss will show an “inverted funnel “Although one side is taking a lot of calcium, the other side is losing more bone mass. Starting from the menopausal transition, the average annual bone loss rate is generally 1% to 3%, and some can exceed 3% for 5-10 years, followed by a 10-20 year period of relative stability in bone mass, followed by accelerated bone loss with age after age 70. Therefore, the key to treating osteoporosis is to achieve a “balance” between bone resorption and bone loss, or even a “balance” in which the “income” is greater than the “expenditure”. The ideal state of “surplus”. Therefore, if you are diagnosed with “osteoporosis”, simply taking calcium supplements and drinking milk can no longer “make up” for the hole of bone loss, you must “plug” and “make up” both. It is necessary to “plug” and “compensate” both at the same time! Generally speaking, the first medication under the guidance of a doctor can effectively reduce the risk of fracture and prevent the reoccurrence of fracture. There is a general consensus that hormone replacement therapy, selective estrogen receptor modulators, bisphosphonates, and calcitonin are effective in preventing or treating postmenopausal osteoporosis.