Menopause practitioner perspective on the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Task Force report on atypical femoral fracture.
Menopause
; 20(10): 1092-7, 2013 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
CLINICAL SCENARIO One of your patients, a 59-year-old postmenopausal Asian woman (menopause, age 52), took hormone therapy for about one year for her menopause symptoms. When she was 54, her mother (age 80) suffered a hip fracture, and she requested a bone density test at her next gynecology visit. The t-score results were spine, -1.1; total hip, -1.8; and femoral neck, -2.1, all in the osteopenic range. After some discussion, she was started on alendronate 70 mg once a week, together with calcium and vitamin D. Follow-up dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry testing after 2 and 5 years of therapy showed increases in bone mineral density, resulting in t-score improvements of about 0.3 to 0.5 units (spine was now normal; femoral neck was -1.8). The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool estimated her 10-year risk of hip fracture to be 0.4% and her 10-year risk of any of 4 major osteoporotic fractures to be 7.5%. During her most recent gynecology visit, she expressed concern about unusual femoral fractures being linked to long-term use of alendronate. She asks if there is reason for her to stop using this drug.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Difosfonatos
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Conservadores da Densidade Óssea
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Fraturas do Fêmur
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Menopause
Ano de publicação:
2013
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Article