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13th European Congress of Endocrinology

Symposia

Long term effects of bisphosphonates

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The risk of fractures and osteonecrosis

Abrahamsen B

Bisphosphonates are effective in the prevention of osteoporotic fractures and have been the mainstay of osteoporosis therapy for almost two decades. Being anti-resorptives, bisphosphonates bring about a gain in bone mass that is due to diminished bone remodelling accompanied by a higher mean age of the bone tissue.The presentation aims to review the evidence linking bisphosphonates to skeletal complications and to discuss the magnitude of the risk of the...

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Long term management of osteoporosis

Fink Eriksen Erik

Over the last 25 years we have been expanding our choice of treatments for os oporosis. The chronic nature of the disease makes long term treatment necessary. It has long been known that long term management of osteoporosis suffers the same compliance problems as chronic treatment regimens for other disease like hypertension, hyperkolesterolemia, etc.The most widely used treatment for osteoporosis is still oral bisphosphonates, which have come under incr...