Originally Posted by Synnove

Hi Hopeful
I have had Osteopenia for quite some years, mostly in my hips. I have had bone densety tests done fairly routinely. My PCP years ago, and a rheumatologist 2 years prescribed meds for this, but I never took it. And just very recently I have developed Inflamatory Arthritis, and X Ray of wrists and hands now are showing Osteopenia and Degenerative Joint Disease. My rheumatologist thinks perhaps the neuropathy is coming from this arthritis.

I think that all this " bone conditions" like osteopenia ( which is pre-osteoporosis),osteoporosis and arthritis can have close relation to peripheral neuropathy.


Well Mrs D, thanks so much for the information. I just read the article from University of Washington on " Drug Therapy Topics".
This was very interesting and informative.
I had no knowlege that all those meds could cause osteoporosis. The worst part of it ( for me) is that I take most of them I take antidepressant Amitriptyline for neuropathy ( I do not know if this one is included?), I take Synthroid Methatrexate, and some times Prednisone. Of course, I did know that Prednisone can cause, and perhaps mostly always will, cause boneloss.

By the way, Prednisone can also cause cataract, BIG TIME!! I just had a very fast growing cataracts in both eyes just after a course of high dose Prednisone. Now I have to have cataract surgery.
I wish we did not have to take all these meds.

All the best
Synnove