2, nutritional supplements: calcium and vitamin D can be supplemented. For example, after osteoporosis in the elderly, the daily intake of calcium needs to reach 800- 1000mg, and the therapeutic dose of vitamin D is 800- 1200IU/ day, which is the basic nutrient intake of osteoporosis. However, calcium supplementation and vitamin D alone can not treat osteoporosis, but can only provide nutrition for bones, and transform these into nutrition to restore bone density, which needs to be treated by some special anti-osteoporosis drugs.
At present, anti-osteoporosis drug treatment is mainly divided into the following categories:
1. Anti-bone resorption drugs: including commonly used bisphosphonates, estrogen receptor modulators and calcitonin;
2. Drugs to promote bone formation: Parathyroid hormone tablets and teriparatide are commonly used now;
3. Some Chinese patent medicines and strontium salts.
The improvement of bone mineral density is mainly through two-way regulation, in which calcitonin drugs can inhibit the activity of osteoclasts and have central analgesic effect. For example, patients with obvious osteoporosis pain can consider calcitonin therapy.