News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine, May 6, 2008
May 15th 2008Drug InformationBones
Study Finds Little Difference in Osteoporosis Drugs for Preventing FracturesA study of pharmacy records of 43,135 people who began to take osteoporosis drugs between 2000 and 2005 found 1,051 nonvertebral fractures within 12 months and no large differences in fracture risk between those who took risedronate, raloxifene, and alendronate (Article, p. 637). Those who took nasal calcitonin had more nonvertebral fractures than those who took alendronate.
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