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Bisphosphonates [PDF]

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Orthodontics, 2009
Bisphosphonates are used with the purpose of preventing bone resorption in some metabolic bone diseases. These drugs have been introduced into clinical use about 30 years ago and widely used in nowadays. As Orthodontic some different researches have been
Fırat Öztürk
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Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of jaws

open access: yesJournal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 2012
Bisphosphonates are used to treat osteoporosis. Paget disease of bone and other metabolic bone diseases, multiple myeloma, and skeletal events associated with metastatic neoplasms- In 2003, the first reports describing osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) in ...
Geetha Vijay, Vijay Raghavan
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Influence on persistence and adherence with oral bisphosphonates on fracture rates in osteoporosis

open access: yesPatient Preference and Adherence, 2008
Ariane Höer1, Cornelia Seidlitz1, Holger Gothe1, Guido Schiffhorst1, Melvin Olson2, Peyman Hadji3, Bertram Häussler11IGES Institut, Friedrichstrasse 180, D-10117 Berlin, Germany; 2Novartis Pharma AG; 3Department of Gynaecology ...
Ariane Höer   +5 more
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The Effects of Bisphosphonates Used Continually or Intermittently on Fractures, Bone Mineral Density and Biochemical Parameters in Osteoporotic Patients - Original Investigation

open access: yesTürk Osteoporoz Dergisi, 2010
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of bisphosphonates on new fracture development, bone mineral density and biochemical parameters in osteoporotic patients who were treated with these drugs for 5 years. Material and Methods: Thirty
Alev Çevikol   +4 more
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Are bisphosphonates effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis pain? A meta-analysis and systematic review. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis worldwide. Pain and reduced function are the main symptoms in this prevalent disease. There are currently no treatments for OA that modify disease progression; therefore analgesic drugs and joint ...
Smith, Toby O   +15 more
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Oral Bisphosphonates and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter in Women: A Self-Controlled Case-Series Safety Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Background: A recent trial unexpectedly reported that atrial fibrillation, when defined as serious, occurred more often in participants randomized to an annual infusion of the relatively new parenteral bisphosphonate, zoledronic acid, than among those ...
Aroon Hingorani   +14 more
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Research priorities regarding the use of bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a UK priority setting exercise [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Purpose: Worldwide, many people who would benefit from osteoporosis drugs are not offered or receiving them, resulting in an osteoporosis care gap. Adherence with bisphosphonates is particularly low.
Bastounis, A.   +23 more
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Bisphosphonates

open access: yesAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2006
Abstract:  Bisphosphonates belong to a class of compounds similar to pyrophosphate. In these compounds the oxygen atom of the pyrophosphate is replaced by a carbon atom resulting in a P‐C‐P bond. They exert a potent inhibitory effect on osteoclasts and are therefore potent antiresorptive agents. They reduce bone turnover, increase bone mineral density,
Lambrinoudaki, I.   +2 more
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Long-term treatment with bisphosphonates and their safety in postmenopausal osteoporosis

open access: yes, 2010
Bisphosphonates are the leading drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis. In ­randomized controlled trials (RCTs), alendronate, risedronate, and zoledronate have shown to reduce the risk of vertebral, nonvertebral, and hip fractures, whereas RCTs with ...
Graham Russell   +8 more
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Bisphosphonate nephrotoxicity [PDF]

open access: yesKidney International, 2008
Bisphosphonates are valuable agents for the treatment of post-menopausal osteoporosis (PMO), hypercalcemia of malignancy, and osteolytic bone metastases. Oral bisphosphonates are used mainly to treat PMO and are not associated with significant nephrotoxicity.
Perazella, Mark A., Markowitz, Glen S.
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