Osteoporosis: No Symptoms, but Stopping the Wrong Meds Causes Fractures
Let me start with the one thing you need to remember most: osteoporosis has almost no symptoms before a fracture. It doesn’t ache, it doesn’t hurt, and it isn’t uncomfortable. The bones hollow out bit by bit. By the time you have symptoms, you’ve usually already crushed a vertebra just bending over to lift something, or fractured your hip slipping in the bathroom. So the phrase “I’m perfectly healthy, I don’t feel anything wrong” is completely useless when it comes to osteoporosis. ...