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Bisphosphonates : Do they prevent or cause bone fractures? Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 78 presents the abstract and highlights of a review by an independent Spanish organization. Given that bisphosphonates can cause severe adverse effects including fractures, which they are meant to prevent, it is urgent that the overall benefits and harms of long-term treatment be clarified. The available evidence suggests that the benefit-harm balance may be unfavourable for their use in osteoporosis.

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Title
Bisphosphonates : Do they prevent or cause bone fractures?
Alternate Title
Therapeutics Letter 78
Creator
Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2010-08
Description
Therapeutics Letter 78 presents the abstract and highlights of a review by an independent Spanish organization. Given that bisphosphonates can cause severe adverse effects including fractures, which they are meant to prevent, it is urgent that the overall benefits and harms of long-term treatment be clarified. The available evidence suggests that the benefit-harm balance may be unfavourable for their use in osteoporosis.
Subject
Diphosphonates; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Fractures, Bone; Iatrogenic Disease; Osteoporosis
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Notes
The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available
2023-06-20
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433657
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85067
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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