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Prolia effective up to eight years for treatment of Osteoporosis!

16 Wednesday Oct 2013

Posted by uptodatemedical in Bone and joints, Diagnostic Imaging, Medication, Osteoporosis, Uncategorized

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Actonel, and Reclast, biphosphonates, bone loss, Boniva, DEXA, Fosamax, fracture, osteopenia, Prolia, t score

Prolia, an injectable drug used for treatment of osteoporosis, was shown to remain effective for up to eight years based on recent data presented.

This is certainly better than the current recommendations limiting the use of treatments with biphosphonatesg such as Fosamax, Actonel, Boniva, and Reclast to five years for lack of data.

In other words you could lose almost a third of your bone density and still have normal looking x-rays.!

31 Saturday Aug 2013

Posted by uptodatemedical in Bone and joints, Diagnostic Imaging, Medication, Osteoporosis

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Actonel, alendronate, bone loss, Boniva, denosumab, DEXA, Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, estrogen, Evista, Fosamax, Fosamax D) risedronate, ibandronate, osteoporosis, Prolia, raloxifene, Reclast, Zoledronic acid

Osteoporosis or Bone Loss can not be detected on routine X-rays unless you have lost 40 percent of your bone density.

In other words you could lose almost a third of your bone density and still have normal looking x-rays.

Therefore, if you want to know if you indeed have lost bone, you should obtain a DEXA examination.

DEXA or Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry is a scanning technique using extremely low radiation exposure to determine bone density with Significant precision.

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