enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: list of bad prescription drugs for osteoporosis symptoms women

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Osteoporosis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteoporosis

    15% (50 year olds), 70% (over 80 year olds) [ 7] Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder characterized by low bone mass, micro-architectural deterioration of bone tissue leading to more porous bone, and consequent increase in fracture risk. It is the most common reason for a broken bone among the elderly. [ 3]

  3. Raloxifene - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raloxifene

    Raloxifene. Raloxifene, sold under the brand name Evista among others, is a medication used to prevent and treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and those on glucocorticoids. [ 5] For osteoporosis it is less preferred than bisphosphonates. [ 5] It is also used to reduce the risk of breast cancer in those at high risk. [ 5]

  4. Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medication-related_osteo...

    Particular medications can result in MRONJ, a serious but uncommon side effect in certain individuals. Such medications are frequently used to treat diseases that cause bone resorption such as osteoporosis, or to treat cancer. The main groups of drugs involved are anti-resorptive drugs, and anti-angiogenic drugs.

  5. FDA warns Boniva, Fosamax and other osteoporosis drugs ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/2010-10-13-fda-warns-about...

    Osteoporosis drugs taken to prevent bone fracture may cause rare, but critical, fractures of their own, the Food and Drug Administration announced today in a warning to consumers. The agency also ...

  6. Bisphosphonate - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphosphonate

    In large studies, women taking bisphosphonates for osteoporosis have had unusual fractures ("bisphosphonate fractures") in the femur (thigh bone) in the shaft (diaphysis or sub-trochanteric region) of the bone, rather than at the femoral neck, which is the most common site of fracture. However, these fractures are rare (12 in 14,195 women ...

  7. Senile osteoporosis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senile_osteoporosis

    Senile osteoporosis. Senile osteoporosis has been recently recognized as a geriatric syndrome with a particular pathophysiology. There are different classification of osteoporosis: primary, in which bone loss is a result of aging and secondary, in which bone loss occurs from various clinical and lifestyle factors. [1]

  1. Ads

    related to: list of bad prescription drugs for osteoporosis symptoms women