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Comparison of osteoporosis pharmacotherapy fracture rates: Analysis of a marketScan® claims database cohort [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Several different classes of medications have been shown to be efficacious at preventing fractures in patients with osteoporosis. No study has compared real world efficacy at preventing fractures between all currently approved medications ...
Fox, Edward J.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Decrease in outpatient department visits and operative interventions due to bisphosphonates in children with osteogenesis imperfecta

open access: yesJournal of Children's Orthopaedics, 2011
Introduction Bisphosphonates are currently the medical treatment most often used in children with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). The purpose of this retrospective pre–post study was to evaluate the efficacy of treatment with bisphosphonates.
F. de Graaff   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Osteonecrose da mandíbula associada a bifosfonatos intravenosos em doentes oncológicos.

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2008
Bisphosphonates are synthetic analogs of inorganic pyrophosphate, which are not only potent inhibitors of osteoclast-mediated bone resorption, but also present an important inhibitory activity of angiogenesis.
Ana Carvalho   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

BISPHOSPHONATE INDUCED OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAWS AND CURRENT THERAPIES

open access: yesCumhuriyet Dental Journal, 2017
Bisphosphonates are pharmacological agents which are the potent inhibitors of osteoclastic activity. Nowadays, bisphosphonates are used to treat a variety of bone disease or related complications such as metastatic or osteolytic bone disease ...
Damla Torul, Mehmet Cihan Bereket
doaj   +1 more source

Therapeutic potential of bisphosphonates - review of medical indications, mechanism of action, interactions and adverse effects

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport
Introduction: Bisphosphonates are pharmacological agents that inhibit bone resorption by targeting osteoclasts, thereby increasing bone density and reducing fracture risk.
Agnieszka Mikosińska   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tiludronate and clodronate do not affect bone structure or remodeling kinetics over a 60 day randomized trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background Tiludronate and clodronate are FDA-approved bisphosphonate drug therapies for navicular disease in horses. Although clinical studies have determined their ability to reduce lameness associated with skeletal disorders in horses, data regarding
Gillett, Ashley N.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

ATYPICAL FRACTURES DUE TO LONG TREATMENT WITH BISPHOSPHONATES (CRITICAL REVIEW)

open access: yesTravmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii, 2013
This paper reviews the evidence for an association between atypical subtrochanteric fractures and long-term bisphosphonate use. A PubMed search of literature was performed.
G. S. Golubev
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of the anti-RANKL antibody denosumab on joint structural damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DESIRABLE study): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficacy of denosumab in suppressing joint destruction when added to conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (csDMARD) therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).MethodsThis was a multi-centre ...
Genant, Harry K   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Changes in the utilization of osteoporosis drugs after the 2010 FDA bisphosphonate drug safety communication

open access: yesSaudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2018
Introduction: In October 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety communication regarding the risks of atypical fractures of the femur, with bisphosphonates drugs.
Bander Balkhi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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