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Osteoporosis Update
Author(s)Mark L. Fuerst
Bisphosphonates, teriparatide, vitamin D, calcium, raloxifene, vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty: here’s the latest on osteoporosis.
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The use of oral bisphosphonates is in decline in the US, said Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, at the recent American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting 2015 in Boston.Highlights of Dr Sagg’s presentation of strategies on osteoporosis management follow.
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