Osteoporosis Drugs: Sorting Out the Options

Youve probably seen the ads on television-a celebrity with osteoporosis talking about a drug thats protecting her bones. If you need an osteoporosis drug, should you take the one the celebrity ispromoting?There are several osteoporosis drugs on the market. They may be taken as a pill, a shot or an infusion. Chad Deal, MD, Head of the Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease at Cleveland Clinic, and associate editor of Arthritis Advisor, helps us sort out the variousoptions.