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My name is Brianna and I am a college student going for my doctorate of Physical Therapy. I have grown up in the medical world. I have Hearing Loss, a Hypermobility Syndrome and many other things. I have had over 15 surgeries. I love physical therapy and it is a big part of my life since I have the hypermobility syndrome. I love to watch shows such as house, ER, and the Doctors. I spend about 4-8 hours a week volunteering in a hospital. I work with kids with disabilities like myself, kids with braces, crutches, wheelchairs, standers, and such. As far as life goes I love every day!! Each day is a blessing because it brings some new challenge that I need to figure how to overcome. I love challenges, so I love everyday.

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Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD) If you have asthma and your meds don't help it may actually be this!

Hey ALL! So I was diagnosed with Vocal Cord Dysfunction on Monday. For all of you who were like me until I was given the assignment by my doc to look it up before my testing and don't know what that is I will explain because I think its pretty important. VCD or Vocal Cord Dysfunction is a rare disorder occuring more commonly in women than men. In VCD a trigger sets off an abnormal...

FOSAMAX WARNING!!!!!!

Hey! A warning to all of you that are taking Fosamax! There was just a story on my local news about how people who have been on fosamax for a period of 4 years or more are expericing severe displaced femur fractures. The company that makes Fosamax is looking into the large number of incidents and they believe that fosamax initally works to prevent bone loss but when you have been on it for an...

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I already have it... I take fosamax every week..And I take Vitamin D and Calcuium every ..

Yes I know The Danger...but there is nothing else that treats Polymyalgia Rheumatica ..

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Cherie.

Hey :) Do you take Advair? I just heard on TV is can cause osteoporosis. Not sure if other inhalers do the same thing. Hope things are going ok.

Melissa.

Hi, Brianna, I'm glad that your vitamin A is ok. About your post on gabapentin/neuronitn and my note about its effect on lowering vitamin D in the body, my original information comes from journal articles. I spent some time reviewing many of the latest journal articles on this subject. I found a review of a large number of studies. In the review, it is stated that some antieleptic drugs (AED's) are "enzyme inducing" and others are "non-enzyme inducing," specifically the P-450 molecule, which is a liver enzyme that is commonly known to metabolize drugs. P-450 has been shown to catabolize vitamin D. While gabapentin has not been found to be enzyme inducing, it has so far been found to cause significant bone loss at the hip and lower spine. But, there has been no study specifically designed to study gabapentin and bone metabolism, that is, there's not enough information about why bone loss occurs frequently with gapapentin. It is only known that the mechanism is not related to the P-450 enzyme. My guess is that there is another mechanism affecting the vitamin D pathway caused by gabapentin, and I will keep on the lookout for studies on this. Thanks for bringing up this issue. I will take gabapentin off my list and replace it with "anti-seizure drugs" with a note that not all drugs have been specifically tested for their effects on bone metabolism and the link between enzyme inducing AED's, non-enzyme inducing AED's, and vitamin D catabolism. The review article mentioned above is:

"Bone and calcium metabolism and antiepileptic drugs"
Alberto Verrottia, Giangennaro Coppola, Pasquale Parisi, Angelika Mohn, Francesco Chiarelli
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 112 (2010) 1–10

Thanks for the info! I appreciate it!

Melissa.

Hey Brianna, out of curiosity what are some of the side effects you experience with Forteo? I know everyone is different but I was just wondering in general. Thanks,

Melissa.

How are you feeling? Has your wound healed and you are off antibiotics?

Melissa.

How were your holidays? I hope you are starting to feel better and heal well. Have a Happy New Year!

Melissa.

Bri, it has been a while since we have heard from you. Is there anything new to report? Are you healing? I hope you ae doing well and that you have a beautiful, fun filled Christmas. Post a blog letting us know. I am assuming you are done for the semester so now you can concentrate for the next few weeks on taking care of your health. i hope all is well. Best of luck, Bobbie