How Medication Destroys Your Bones!! – USMLE 1

Lower levels of estrogen in older age are thought to be the main reason why osteoporotic changes happen and why bones are more prone to fractures. But what if that’s not always the case? What if there’s something that we’re doing or an underlying condition that causes osteoporosis and we don’t know about it?
This what you can see here is a list of medications that doctors often prescribe to their patients.

Medications that can cause osteoporosis.
Aromatase inhibitors, gonadotropin releasing hormone analogs and selective estrogen receptor modulators can all reduce the levels of estrogen, and that ultimately causes osteoporosis, which results in fractures.