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Feel involved.
Understand osteoporosis, your personal results and the treatment options available to you—at your own pace, in clear language.
A helpful place to begin
Understand osteoporosis and available treatments
Explore straightforward information for patients and carers, including what osteoporosis is, how fracture risk is assessed and the choices you may be offered.
Open the Osteoporosis Options digital resourceQuestions you may want to ask
Take these prompts into your appointment and use whichever feel useful. They can help you understand how the Treatment Discussion Aid supports your care.
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How does the Treatment Discussion Aid know what is recommended for me?
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How does the tool know what my risk of breaking a bone is?
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How is fracture risk calculated or estimated?
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How does my clinician decide which medicines to discuss?
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What do the ticks mean in the drug information section?
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Where does the evidence on benefits and possible side effects come from?
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How sure are we that the information is accurate?
Watch and learn
See the decision support in action
This short film explains the principles behind the original Osteoporosis Options consultation tool. Those principles also shape the newer tools.
After your appointment
Your Bone Health Record, explained
If a healthcare professional uses the Osteoporosis Options conversation tool with you, they may give you a Bone Health Record afterwards. It provides a clear summary of what you discussed during your appointment.
Watch the guide to see an example record and learn how the consultation tool was used to create it.
Watch the Bone Health Record guide