服用骨質疏鬆藥， 小心副作用

2011年03月26日

當我們服用某一種 "神奇的藥物" 的時候，我們常常忘了要 "同步" 去瞭解 "這個--神奇的藥物" 的機轉。

更常發生的是，我們甚至不會去質疑 "這個--神奇的藥物" 將會帶來哪幾種或許我們並不樂見的副作用。

以下是我以淺薄的英譯能力所獲得的關於--治療骨質疏鬆症的藥物--福善美Fosamax--的國外資訊，這是令人倍感不安的資訊，如果你有親人正在服用這個藥物，敬請務必閱讀本文，以作為是否贊成用藥的參考。

我們聽到很多關於骨質密度測試。 

But what is it and is it a necessary procedure? Not even to question if it is a necessary expense?

但它是一個維持健康的必要的程序嗎？甚至，它是一個必要的支出嗎？

All women between 50 and 65 years of age are encouraged to get the bone test done. But is it of any value?

所有在50至65歲年齡的婦女都被鼓勵去做骨骼密度測試。但是，它的價值何在？

First of all, bone density testing uses a scan to measure the density of the minerals in your bone ( any bone may be used).

首先，骨質密度檢測方法--利用掃描的方式去測量骨頭裡的礦物質密度（而你身體的任何骨頭均可能被當作採樣的對象）。

The result is compared to the density of some randomly selected individuals.

而你個人的骨密度的結果，將與一些隨機選擇出來的採樣群做比較。

The scan has no record of your bone density at a younger age and it cannot tell you if it is greater or less than the density was several years earlier.

骨質掃描並沒有您年輕時的骨密度紀錄，也無法告訴你，你的骨密度究竟是比幾年前更密或更疏。

Of course a future scan has some ability to do that when it is compared to your first one. But that value is also questionable.

當然，往後的掃描將足以成為你的第一張掃描的對比，然而那數值同樣是令人懷疑的。

Individuals vary in what is normal depending upon their body structure.

要判斷每一個個人健康狀況是否處於正常值，乃取決於他們的身體結構。

And bones are living tissue.

要記得，骨頭是活組織。

We often sort of put bones in a dead category because we usually see only bones from dead animals.

我們經常傾向把骨頭歸類於死亡組織的類別，這是因為我們的肉眼通常只能看到死去動物的骨頭。

But God designed our bones to be constantly sloughing off old cells and replacing them like every other part of our bodies.

但上帝設計我們的骨骼是不斷脫落細胞，以新取代了舊的，就像我們身體的其他的部分。

It is important that we realize what the so-called bone density drugs do to us.

重要的是，我們必須認識到，所謂的增進骨質密度的藥物，對我們做了什麼。

They prevent the old tissue from being eliminated to make room for new, healthy bone that is being created from the food we eat.

它們防止阻止舊的骨組織被淘汰，進而無法騰出空間給新的骨組織，而健康的骨骼是來自於我們所吃的食物。

For that reason, the bone may appear to get stronger.

出於這個原因，骨可能會呈現變得更加強壯的假象。

But in reality it is getting weaker because it is accumulating the old, deteriorating bone cells.

但在真實的狀況中是，骨骼已經變得越來越弱，因為它是積累舊的，不斷惡化的衰亡骨細胞。

This makes the bone become very brittle and easier to fracture.

這使得整體骨骼變得非常脆弱，而且容易骨折。

That is disturbing enough, but on top of that, the drugs also cause very serious side effects.

這可真令人不安啊，但最重要的是，這些藥物也同時導致非常嚴重的副作用。

I beg anyone who is considering taking one of these drugs, such as Fosamax , or Bonita , to carefully study the side effects, so you won't become one of the statistics.

謹懇請任何曾考慮採取以下任一種藥物，如福善美 ，或博尼塔 ，請認真研究它所伴隨的副作用，在你的病歷成為一個被簡化的統計數據以前。

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