Strontium for osteoporosis: to dose or to megadose?(Editorial)

From: Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Studies published over the past several years have shown that supplementation with pharmacological doses of strontium (as strontium ranelate) can increase bone mineral density (BMD) and reduce fracture risk in postmenopausal women. The amount of strontium used in the largest of these studies was 680 mg per day, which is roughly 200 to 600 times the amount found in a typical diet (1 to 3 mg per day). Based on this research, high-dose strontium therapy has become popular among practitioners of natural medicine as a treatment for osteoporosis.

While no serious side effects were ...

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