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ʻO Alendronate a me cholecalciferol he lāʻau hui e kōkua ana i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i kou mau iwi a pale i nā haʻihaʻi. Hoʻohui kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ʻelua mea nui: alendronate, e hoʻolohi ana i ka nalowale o ka iwi, a me cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), e kōkua ana i kou kino e komo maikaʻi i ka calcium. Hana pū lākou ma ke ʻano he hui e mālama i kou mau iwi i ke olakino a me ka ikaika, ʻoiai inā e hana ana ʻoe me ka osteoporosis a i ʻole ka pilikia o ka hoʻomohala ʻana.
Hoʻohui kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ʻelua mea e kākoʻo ana i ka iwi i loko o hoʻokahi papa maʻalahi. No ka hui o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo bisphosphonates ʻo Alendronate, e kōkua ana e pale i kou mau iwi mai ka wāwahi ʻana i ka wikiwiki. ʻO Cholecalciferol he vitamin D3 wale nō, ka vitamin like e hana ai kou ʻili ke ʻike ʻia i ka lā.
Ke kūkulu hou nei kou mau iwi iā lākou iho i kou ola a pau. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kahi hale - ua wāwahi ʻia nā ʻāpana kahiko a kūkulu ʻia nā ʻāpana hou. I ka wā e ʻelemakule ai mākou, pinepine ka wikiwiki ʻana o ke kaʻina hana wāwahi ʻoiai e lohi ana ke kūkulu ʻana. Kōkua kēia lāʻau lapaʻau hui e hoʻihoʻi i kēlā kaulike ma ka hoʻolohi ʻana i ka wāwahi a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke kaʻina hana kūkulu.
He mea kōkua nui ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe i lahilahi a palupalu paha ko lākou mau iwi. Nui nā kauka e kuhikuhi iā ia i ka wā ʻaʻole lawa nā mea hoʻohui calcium a me ka vitamin D wale nō e mālama i ka ikaika o ka iwi.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa a pale kēia lāʻau lapaʻau hui i ka osteoporosis, kahi maʻi e nāwaliwali ai nā iwi a haki maʻalahi. He mea kōkua nui ia no nā wahine ma hope o ka menopause, i ka wā e hiki ai i nā loli hormonal ke hoʻoulu i ka nalowale o ka iwi wikiwiki. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua i nā kāne me ka osteoporosis a me nā poʻe e lawe ana i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau e nāwaliwali ai nā iwi.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā ua loaʻa mua iā ʻoe kahi haʻihaʻi mai kahi hāʻule liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ka pā. Hiki iā ia ke hōʻemi nui i kou pilikia o nā haʻihaʻi e hiki mai ana i kou iwi kuamoʻo, ʻūhā, a me ka pulima. ʻO kēia nā wahi maʻamau e loaʻa ai nā haʻihaʻi e pili ana i ka osteoporosis.
I kekahi manawa, kuhikuhi nā kauka i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e pale i ka osteoporosis ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana. Hiki paha kēia inā he mau mea pilikia kāu e like me ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka osteoporosis, ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā steroid no ka wā lōʻihi, a i ʻole kekahi mau maʻi e pili ana i ke olakino o ka iwi.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau e mālama i ka maʻi o Paget, kahi maʻi e ulu nui a nāwaliwali nā iwi. I kēia hihia, kōkua ka alendronate i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke kaʻina hana hana hou o ka iwi.
He lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika kēia e hana ana ma nā ala ʻelua like ʻole e pale ai i kou mau iwi. Hoʻopili ka ʻāpana alendronate i kou ʻiʻo iwi a hoʻolohi i nā cell i kapa ʻia ʻo osteoclasts, ka mea e wāwahi maʻamau i ka iwi kahiko. Ma ka hoʻolohi ʻana i kēia kaʻina hana, ʻoi aku ka nui o kou iwi e noho paʻa.
Kōkua ka ʻāpana cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) i kou ʻōpū e komo i ka calcium mai ka meaʻai me ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Me ka lawa ʻole o ka vitamin D, hiki i kou kino ke komo ma kahi o 10-15% o ka calcium āu e ʻai ai. Me ka lawa o ka vitamin D, lele kēlā helu i 30-40% a ʻoi aku paha.
Ke hana pū kēia mau mea ʻelua, hana lākou i kahi hopena pale iwi ikaika. Mālama ka alendronate i ka iwi e kū nei aʻo ka vitamin D e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka calcium e pono ai kou kino e kūkulu i ka ʻiʻo iwi hou a ikaika.
E hoʻomaka ana ʻoe e ʻike i nā pōmaikaʻi i loko o 3-6 mau mahina, ʻoiai e ulu ana nā hopena pale piha ma luna o 1-2 mau makahiki o ka hoʻohana mau. Kūkulu ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kou mau iwi i ka manawa, e hāʻawi ana i ka pale lōʻihi.
He mea nui ka lawe ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka pololei no ka pono a me ka palekana. Pono ʻoe e lawe mua i ke kakahiaka ma ka ʻōpū ʻole me ke aniani wai maʻemaʻe piha. Mai hoʻohana i ke kofe, wai huaʻai, a i ʻole ka waiū, no ka mea, hiki i kēia mau mea ke keakea i ka omo ʻana.
Ma hope o ka lawe ʻana i ka papa, pono ʻoe e noho kū pololei (e noho ana a i ʻole e kū ana) no ka liʻiliʻi o 30 mau minuke. Pale kēia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau mai ka hoʻonāukiuki ʻana i kou esophagus, ka paipu e hoʻopili ai i kou waha i kou ʻōpū. Nui ka poʻe i ʻike he mea kōkua ka lawe ʻana i kā lākou mahele i ka wā e ala ai lākou, a laila e hele i kā lākou hana kakahiaka.
E kali ma ka liʻiliʻi o 30 mau minuke ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana, ka inu ʻana i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka wai, a i ʻole ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe. Pono kāu ʻai mua o ka lā e komo i nā meaʻai waiwai i ka calcium e like me nā huahana waiū, nā lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a i ʻole nā meaʻai i hoʻoikaika ʻia e hana pū me ka huaora D i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau.
Lawe ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i hoʻokahi manawa i ka pule, maʻamau i ka lā like i kēlā me kēia pule. E koho i kahi lā e hana me kāu papa manawa a paʻa iā ia. Hiki i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi hoʻomanaʻo kelepona ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i kāu mahele i kēlā me kēia pule.
Inā pilikia ʻoe i ka ale ʻana i nā papa, mai ʻoki a nau paha iā lākou. Akā, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i nā koho wai a i ʻole nā ʻano ʻē aʻe e hana maikaʻi ai iā ʻoe.
Lawe ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no 3-5 mau makahiki i ka wā mua, ʻoiai paha e pono kekahi i ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana. E nānā kāu kauka i kou paʻa iwi a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa e hoʻoholo ai i ka lōʻihi kūpono no ʻoe. Ke hana nei ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kou mau iwi ma hope o kou hooki ʻana i ka lawe ʻana, e hāʻawi ana i ka pale mau.
Ma hope o 3-5 mau makahiki, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi
Pono paha kekahi poʻe me ka pilikia haʻihaʻi kiʻekiʻe loa a i ʻole nā maʻi olakino e lawe i ka lāʻau no ka lōʻihi. E loiloi kāu kauka i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka pale ʻana i ka iwi e kūʻē i nā pilikia lōʻihi.
I ka wā o ka mālama ʻana, e loaʻa iā ʻoe nā scans density iwi maʻamau, maʻamau i kēlā me kēia 1-2 mau makahiki. Kōkua kēia mau hoʻokolohua i kāu kauka e nānā i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau a alakaʻi i nā hoʻoholo e pili ana i ka hoʻomau ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kāu lapaʻau.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻae maikaʻi i kēia lāʻau, akā e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki iā ia ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau he maʻalahi a pili i kāu ʻōnaehana digestive. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea e manaʻo ai hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e manaʻoʻiʻo e pili ana i kāu lapaʻau.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao e ʻike nui ai ʻoe, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ʻaʻole nui ka poʻe i loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao:
Hoʻomaikaʻi maʻamau kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻia a me ka noho pololei ʻana ma hope e hiki ke pale i ka hapa nui o nā pilikia digestive.
ʻAʻole maʻamau nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi akā he mea nui e ʻike. ʻOiai e pili ana kēia i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 1 i ka 100 poʻe, pono ʻoe e ʻike i ka mea e nānā ai:
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi loa akā koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka osteonecrosis o ka iwi ā (nā pilikia iwi ā) a me nā haʻihaʻi femur atypical (nā haʻihaʻi iwi ʻūhā maʻamau ʻole). Loaʻa kēia mau mea ma lalo o 1 i ka 1,000 poʻe e lawe ana i ka lāʻau no ka wā lōʻihi.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha mau i ka iwi ā, ʻoiai ma hope o ka hana niho, a i ʻole ka ʻeha ʻokoʻa i ka ʻūhā, e kelepona koke i kāu kauka. ʻOi aku ka maʻamau o kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao ma hope o nā makahiki o ka hoʻohana ʻana, ʻo ia ke kumu e nānā pono ai kāu kauka i kāu lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole kūpono kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā mea a pau, a e nānā pono kāu kauka i kāu mōʻaukala olakino ma mua o ke kau ʻana. ʻO kekahi mau maʻi e palekana ʻole ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi o ka maikaʻi, no laila he mea nui e kūkākūkā i kāu kiʻi olakino piha.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā he pilikia kou me kou esophagus, ka paipu e lawe ana i ka meaʻai mai kou waha i kou ʻōpū. Aia kēia i nā kūlana e like me nā strictures, ka pilikia o ka ʻai ʻana, a i ʻole ka mōʻaukala o nā pilikia esophageal.
ʻAʻole hiki i ka poʻe me ka maʻi kīkī koʻikoʻi ke lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka palekana. Kōkua kou mau puʻupaʻa i ka hana ʻana i ka lāʻau, a inā ʻaʻole lākou e hana maikaʻi, hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke kūkulu i nā pae weliweli i loko o kou kino.
Inā he haʻahaʻa kou pae calcium koko, pono kāu kauka e hoʻoponopono i kēia ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka alendronate me ka calcium haʻahaʻa hiki ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia a hoʻoulu i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke noho a kū pololei no ka liʻiliʻi o 30 mau minuke. Hiki paha kēia ma muli o nā pilikia o ka neʻe ʻana, nā pilikia o ke kua, a i ʻole nā maʻi olakino ʻē aʻe e koi ai iā ʻoe e moe pinepine.
ʻAʻole pono nā wahine hāpai a i ʻole nā wahine e hānai ana i ka waiū e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, no ka mea, hiki iā ia ke hoʻopilikia i nā iwi a me nā niho o ka pēpē e ulu ana. Inā ʻoe e hoʻolālā nei e hāpai, e kūkākūkā i kēia me kāu kauka ma mua.
Loaʻa kēia lāʻau lapaʻau hui ma lalo o nā inoa inoa like ʻole, ʻo Fosamax Plus D ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia. ʻO nā inoa inoa maʻamau ʻē aʻe e pili ana iā Binosto Plus a me nā mana generic like ʻole i loaʻa nā mea hana like.
Hana pono nā ʻano generic e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau inoa inoa a pinepine ke kumu kūʻai. Hiki i kāu kauka lapaʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa nei a e hōʻoia ana e lawe pono ana ʻoe.
Hāʻawi kekahi mau inoa i nā ʻano like ʻole, e like me nā papa effervescent e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka wai. He maʻalahi paha kēia mau mea inā pilikia ʻoe i ka ale ʻana i nā pila, akā pono nō lākou i ka manawa like a me ke kūlana kūpono ma hope o ka lawe ʻana.
E nānā mau me kāu kauka lapaʻau inā ʻokoʻa kāu lāʻau lapaʻau mai kāu mea i maʻa ai. Hiki i nā mea hana like ʻole ke hoʻohana i nā kala a i ʻole nā ʻano like ʻole, akā like nā mea hana ikaika.
Nui nā koho ʻē aʻe inā ʻaʻole kūpono kēia lāʻau lapaʻau iā ʻoe a i ʻole ʻaʻole hana maikaʻi. Hana like nā bisphosphonates ʻē aʻe e like me risedronate a i ʻole ibandronate akā loaʻa paha nā papa hana like ʻole a i ʻole nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou i kapa ʻia ʻo RANK ligand inhibitors, e like me denosumab, hana ʻokoʻa ma ka ʻimi ʻana i nā cell kikoʻī e wāwahi i ka iwi. Hāʻawi ʻia kēia mau mea ma ke ʻano he injections i kēlā me kēia ʻeono mahina a kūpono paha inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha.
Hiki i ka hormone replacement therapy ke kōkua i nā wahine postmenopausal e mālama i ka paʻa o ka iwi, ʻoiai e lawe ana i nā pilikia a me nā pōmaikaʻi like ʻole e pono ai ka noʻonoʻo pono me kāu kauka.
No kekahi poʻe, hiki i nā loli ola i hui pū ʻia me ka calcium a me nā mea hoʻohui huaora D ke lawa. Hana maikaʻi kēia ala no ka poʻe me ka nalowale o ka iwi māmā a i ʻole ka poʻe i ka pilikia haʻahaʻa no nā haʻihaʻi.
E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i kāu kūlana kikoʻī, me kou makahiki, ka pilikia o ka haʻihaʻi, nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe, a me nā makemake pilikino i ka wā e ʻōlelo ai i nā koho ʻē aʻe.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia lāʻau lapaʻau hui pū ʻia ma mua o nā mea hoʻohui calcium wale nō no ka pale ʻana i nā haʻihaʻi a me ka mālama ʻana i ka osteoporosis. ʻOiai hāʻawi nā mea hoʻohui calcium i nā poloka kūkulu no ka iwi, ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia kumu o ka wāwahi iwi nui.
Hōʻike nā haʻawina e hiki i ka alendronate a me ka cholecalciferol ke hōʻemi i nā haʻihaʻi iwi kuamoʻo e 40-50% a me nā haʻihaʻi pūhaka e 30-40%. ʻO nā mea hoʻohui calcium wale nō e hōʻemi maʻamau i ka pilikia o ka haʻihaʻi e 10-15% wale nō, a hōʻike kekahi mau haʻawina ʻaʻohe pōmaikaʻi.
ʻOi aku ka hilinaʻi o ka mea vitamina D i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o nā mea hoʻohui vitamina D kaʻawale. ʻAʻole nui ka poʻe e komo maikaʻi i ka vitamina D mai kā lākou ʻōnaehana digestive, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻohuihui kikoʻī i kēia hui pū ʻana.
Eia naʻe, he mea nui nō nā mea hoʻohui calcium i ke olakino iwi. Manaʻo ka hapa nui o nā kauka e hoʻomau i nā meaʻai waiwai calcium a i ʻole nā mea hoʻohui me kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e hāʻawi i nā mea maka e pono ai kou iwi no ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻiʻo hou.
E noʻonoʻo penei: like nā mea hoʻohui calcium me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pōhaku lepo e kūkulu i hale, ʻoiai ʻo kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pōhaku lepo a me nā limahana akamai i ʻike pehea e hoʻohana pono ai iā lākou.
He palekana maʻamau kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe me ka maʻi puʻuwai, a hiki i ka mea vitamina D ke hāʻawi i kekahi mau pōmaikaʻi puʻuwai. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e haʻi i kāu kauka e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau puʻuwai āu e lawe nei, no ka mea, hiki i kekahi ke launa pū me ka vitamina D.
ʻAʻole pili pololei ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka puʻuwai a i ʻole ke koko, e kūpono ana no ka hapa nui o ka poʻe me nā maʻi cardiovascular. Hōʻike kekahi mau haʻawina i ka pili ʻana o nā iwi ikaika me ke olakino puʻuwai maikaʻi.
Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau hoʻohemo koko a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau puʻuwai, makemake paha kāu kauka e nānā pono iā ʻoe, ʻoiai ke hoʻomaka ʻoe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i ka huaora D ke hoʻopilikia i ke ʻano o kou kino e hana ai i kekahi mau lāʻau.
Inā ua lawe hewa ʻoe i kahi lāʻau hou, mai hopohopo, akā e kelepona i kāu kauka a i ʻole ka mea kūʻai lāʻau no ke alakaʻi. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka nui hiki ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o ka huhū o ka ʻōpū a me nā pae calcium koko haʻahaʻa.
E inu i ka wai nui a pale i ka moe ʻana no kekahi mau hola ma hope o ka overdose. Kōkua kēia i ka pale ʻana i ka lāʻau mai ka huhū ʻana i kou esophagus. Mai ho'āʻo e hoʻopuka iā ʻoe iho, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻoulu i ka huhū hou.
E nānā i nā hōʻailona o ka calcium haʻahaʻa, e like me nā ʻiʻo ʻiʻo, ka ʻūlū ʻana i kou mau manamana lima a i ʻole nā manamana wāwae, a i ʻole ka luhi ʻole. Inā ʻoe e ʻike i kēia mau hōʻailona, e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
No ka pale ʻana i nā ulia pōpilikia i ka wā e hiki mai ana, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻonohonoho pila a i ʻole e hoʻonohonoho i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo kelepona. No ka mea, lawe ʻia kēia lāʻau i kēlā me kēia pule, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka poina inā ua lawe mua ʻoe i kāu lāʻau.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kāu lāʻau i kēlā me kēia pule a hoʻomanaʻo i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā, e lawe koke iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, e hahai ana i ka hana kakahiaka like. A laila e hoʻi i kāu papa hana pule maʻamau i ka pule e hiki mai ana.
Inā ua hala ma mua o 2-3 mau lā mai kāu lāʻau i hala, e lele iā ia a lawe i kāu lāʻau aʻe i kāu lā maʻamau. Mai lawe i ʻelua lāʻau kokoke i kekahi, no ka mea, hoʻonui kēia i ka pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao me ka ʻole e hāʻawi i nā pōmaikaʻi hou.
ʻAʻole e hōʻino ka hala ʻana i kahi lāʻau i kou mau iwi, no ka mea, noho ka lāʻau i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana no nā pule. Eia naʻe, e ho'āʻo e mālama i ke kūlike no nā hopena maikaʻi loa.
E noʻonoʻo e hoʻopili i kāu lāʻau i kēlā me kēia pule i kahi hana maʻamau, e like me ka heluhelu ʻana i ka nūpepa Lāpule a i ʻole ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā meaʻai i kēlā me kēia pule. E maʻalahi kēia i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana a kūkulu i ka maʻamau i kāu hana maʻamau.
Mai hooki i ka lawe ʻana i kēia lāʻau me ka kūkākūkā ʻole ʻana me kāu kauka mua. ʻOiai inā maikaʻi kou manaʻo, ʻo ka hooki ʻana i ka lāʻau i ka pō hiki ke alakaʻi i ka nalowale ʻana o ka iwi a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka pilikia o ka haki i loko o nā mahina.
E loiloi maʻamau kāu kauka i kou pono no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka lāʻau ma hope o 3-5 mau makahiki. Aia i loko o kēia loiloi nā scans density iwi, ka loiloi pilikia fracture, a me ka loiloi o nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu i ʻike ai.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke lawe palekana i kahi
Inā ʻoe e lawe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kakahiaka he nui, e hana pū me kāu kauka lāʻau e hana i kahi papa manawa e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka mamao kūpono i ka wā e kūpono ana i kāu hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā. Nui ka poʻe i ʻike he mea kōkua ke lawe i kā lākou lāʻau iwi i ke kakahiaka nui, a laila e lawe i nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe me ka ʻaina kakahiaka.
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