Would you consider anabolic osteoporosis therapy in a young adult male with multiple non-traumatic vertebral compression fractures and low bone density for age (Z-score -2.6)?  

I think a young male with multiple minimal trauma vert fractures and low BMD is appropriate to consider anabolic therapy. Of course, a thorough workup needs to be done to determine if there are any treatable causes of bone loss. If it is determined that he has “idiopathic osteoporosis” t...