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2. Steroid-induced osteoporosis - Wikipedia

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   The synthetic glucocorticoid prescription drug prednisone is a main candidate after prolonged intake. Bisphosphonates are beneficial in reducing the risk of vertebral fractures. [ 1 ] Some professional guidelines recommend prophylactic calcium and vitamin D supplementation in patients who take the equivalent of more than 30 mg hydrocortisone (7 ...

3. Polymyalgia rheumatica - Wikipedia

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   Prednisone is the drug of choice for PMR, [19] and treatment duration is frequently greater than one year. [14] If the patient does not experience dramatic improvement after three days of 10–20 mg oral prednisone per day, the diagnosis should be reconsidered. [20] Sometimes relief of symptoms occurs in only several hours. [citation needed]

4. Hip Pain: The Most Common Causes & How to Prevent It - AOL

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   Hip osteoarthritis is characterized by deteriorating joint cartilage. It becomes more common with age and often causes hip pain that develops slowly and worsens over time. Rheumatoid Arthritis

5. Disease-modifying osteoarthritis drug - Wikipedia

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   A disease-modifying osteoarthritis drug (DMOAD) is a disease-modifying drug that would inhibit or even reverse the progression of osteoarthritis. [1] Since the main hallmark of osteoarthritis is cartilage loss, a typical DMOAD would prevent the loss of cartilage and potentially regenerate it.

6. Hip pain - Wikipedia

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   Pain in the groin, called anterior hip pain, is most often the result of osteoarthritis, osteonecrosis, occult fracture, acute synovitis, and septic arthritis; pain on the sides of the hip, called lateral hip pain, is usually caused by bursitis; pain in the buttock, called posterior or gluteal hip pain, which is the least common type of hip ...

7. Prednisone - Wikipedia

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   Prednisone is a synthetic glucocorticoid used for its anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties. [36] [37] Prednisone is a prodrug; it is metabolised in the liver by 11-β-HSD to prednisolone, the active drug. Prednisone has no substantial biological effects until converted via hepatic metabolism to prednisolone. [38]