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ReviewReviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders2006

Postmenopausal osteoporosis. What have we learned since the introduction of bisphosphonates?

Sumapa Chaiamnuay, Kenneth G Saag

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Review in Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Safety of drugs used in the treatment of osteoporosis.Therapeutic advances in drug safety · 2011
    Review
  4. Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty in the management of osteoporosis with subsequent vertebral compression fractures.Clinical cases in mineral and bone metabolism : the official journal of the Italian Society of Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism, and Skeletal Diseases · 2010
    Article
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sumapa ChaiamnuayDivision of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Kenneth G Saag
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past 12 years bisphosphonates have become a mainstay of treatment for postmenopausal osteoporosis. As a class, bisphosphonates significantly suppress bone turnover and increase BMD at the lumbar spine and other site through their direct inhibitory effects on osteoclasts. Alendronate and risedronate reduce the incidence of clinical vertebral and non-vertebral fractures. Etidronate and both oral and intravenous ibandronate reduce the incidence of clinical vertebral fractures, but data from primary analyses for reduction in non-vertebral fractures are currently less robust. Intravenous administration of zoledronate is under late-stage investigation for use in postmenopausal osteoporosis. Combinations of alendronate with estrogen or raloxifene provide a greater reduction in bone turnover markers and greater increases in BMD, but fracture risk reduction has not been determined. Overall, bisphosphonates are well tolerated. The most common side effects of oral bisphosphonates are upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Newer safety concerns about the use of bisphosphonates include osteonecrosis of the jaw and oversuppression of bone turnover. The optimal duration of bisphosphonate treatment has not been clearly established.

Indexed as

Bone Density Conservation AgentsDiphosphonatesDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansLong-Term CareModels, BiologicalOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalTreatment OutcomeBone Density Conservation AgentsDiphosphonates

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PMID17043761
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