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ea0029p194 | Bone & Osteoporosis | ICEECE2012

Zoledronic acid treatment improve bone strenght parameters assessed by BMD

Galesanu C. , Loghin A. , Florescu A. , Lisnic N. , Aancute P. , Zaharia V.

Introduction: Bisphosphonates therapy is the standard of care in postmenopausal osteoporosis. In the HORIZON-RFT, annual i.v. Zoledronic acid (ZOL) 5 mg infusion significantly reduced the rate of new fractures by increased bone mineral density (BMD). We proposed to evaluate the effect of ZOL treatment in BMD change in a group of postmenopausal osteoporotic women assessed by DXA–BMD. We have proposed also to assess the adverse events of this treatment.<p class="abstext...