What to do for elderly women with osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is very common in older women and is associated with the decline in female estrogen that occurs after menopause. The body’s intake of bone calcium, osteoblast activity will decrease and osteoclast activity will increase. Patients need to make up for their deficiencies, and if they cannot get the needed calcium and vitamin D from normal food, they should consciously supplement them with medications. because the body’s ability to metabolize calcium decreases, they used to be able to get enough calcium from food, but now they can’t, so they need more calcium and vitamin D than from food. calcium is the raw material of bone, and vitamin D is the substance that promotes calcium substances for absorption. If severe osteoporosis has developed, you cannot just supplement with vitamin D and calcium deficiency, but also with drugs that inhibit the activity of osteoclasts and even enhance the ability of osteoblasts, which are very specialized drugs and need to be prescribed at a hospital. Therefore, elderly women with geriatric osteoporosis should not only regulate their diet, but also take drugs for geriatric osteoporosis from the perspective of disease treatment, including more food calcium and more vitamin D, including drugs that inhibit osteoblast activity, such as teriparatide, and drugs that inhibit osteoclasts, such as bisphosphonates, in consultation with professional endocrinologists and geriatricians.