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Click on a category below to see a list of common questions.
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General Questions Prevention |
Drug Therapy Secondary Osteoporosis |
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Top Questions |
What is a T-score? What is a Z-score ?
How often should I repeat DXA ?
Who is a candidate for osteoporosis drug therapy ?
What bone density measurement site correlates best with clinically important fractures ?
What are some treatment options for osteoporosis ?
How are osteoporosis and osteopenia defined ?
What is the most accurate/precise method of measuring bone density ?
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Epidemiology |
How are osteoporosis and osteopenia defined ?
What are considerations in avoiding unnecessary BMD testing ?
What is the relative importance of RF information as compared with BMD in fracture prediction ?
How well does BMD predict the future risk of fracture ?
What are clinical risk factors for osteoporosis-related fractures ?
What is the societal impact of osteoporosis ?
What is the average annual rate of bone density loss in women ?
What are some modifiable risk factors for osteoporosis ?
What is a fragility fracture ?
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Screening Issues |
What are some osteoporosis screening guidelines?
How do I decide whether to screen for osteoporosis?
What is the NOF cost-effectiveness analysis and guideline development process ?
What is ORAI (Osteoporosis Risk Assessment Instrument) ?
What is the SCORE (Simple Calculated Osteoporosis Risk Estimate) instrument for screening decisions ?
What are screening recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force ?
What are the screening recommendations of the WHO Task Force on Osteoporosis ?
What are the recommendations of the NIH Consensus Panel on screening for osteoporosis ?
What are the North American Menopause Society's screening and treatment guidelines ?
What are the NOF osteoporosis screening guidelines ?
What are some osteoporosis screening guidelines ?
What is a fragility fracture ?
Who should be evaluated for secondary causes of osteoporosis ?
What is an appropriate diagnostic work-up for secondary osteoporosis ?
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Bone Density Measurement |
What is the most accurate/precise method of measuring bone density ?
What are the available types of peripheral bone density measurements and how do they compare ?
What are some other bone mass measurement methods ?
How is bone density quantified ?
What is a T-score? What is a Z-score ?
What bone density measurement site correlates best with clinically important fractures ?
How do DXA scanner results compare among different manufacturers ?
What are Medicare bone density reimbursement guidelines ?
How often should I repeat DXA ?
How do I follow changes in bone mineral density ?
How precise are repeat measures with DXA ?
How do I interpret a DXA report ?
What is the role of broadband ultrasound in the evaluation of osteoporosis ?
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Prevention: Calcium and Vitamin D |
How are osteoporosis and osteopenia defined ?
What are the available forms of vitamin D ?
How much vitamin D should my patient take ?
What is the recommended daily intake of calcium ?
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Prevention: Falls and Exercise |
What is the role of falls in osteoporosis fracture incidence ?
Do hip protectors prevent fractures ?
What interventions prevent falls ?
What are some risk factors for serious falls ?
How can you screen a patient for unsteadiness on physical exam ?
What is the strength of evidence supporting a relationship between osteoporosis and exercise ?
Is physical inactivity a clinical risk factor for osteoporosis-related fractures ?
Can the initiation of exercise in young girls help prevent osteoporosis ?
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Drug Therapy: General |
Who is a candidate for osteoporosis drug therapy ?
What are some treatment options for osteoporosis ?
How does fracture history influence patient management ?
What risk factors are important in treatment decisions ?
What are osteoporosis treatment nomograms ?
What do primary and secondary prevention mean in osteoporosis?
How do you judge the strength of evidence that a therapy reduces osteoporotic fractures?
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Drug Therapy: Bisphosphonates |
Drug Mini-Monograph: Bisphosphonates in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
How should I advise patients to take alendronate/risedronate?
What is the evidence that alendronate prevents vertebral fractures?
What are the indications for alendronate?
What is the evidence that alendronate prevents non-vertebral fractures?
What is the evidence that bisphosphonates prevent osteoporotic fractures?
What are the dosing forms of alendronate?
What is the danger of esophageal erosions with bisphosphonates?
What are long-term safety concerns regarding use of bisphosphonates?
What is the role of bisphosphonates in treatment of anorexia nervosa-associated bone loss ?
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Drug Therapy: Estrogen |
Drug Mini-Monograph:Estrogens in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
What is the evidence that estrogen therapy reduces fracture rates ?
What is the effect of discontinuation of hormone therapy (HT) on bone density ?
How do you evaluate risk of fracture based on the FRACTURE tool ?
What is the current role for HT in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis ?
Does prior use of estrogen increase bone mineral density long term ?
How should I prescribe hormone replacement therapy?
What is the role of estrogen in bone health ?
What is the role of exogenous estrogen in treatment of anorexia nervosa-associated bone loss ?
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Drug Therapy: SERMs |
Drug Mini-Monograph:Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
What is the evidence that the use of raloxifene in women with osteoporosis prevents fractures ?
What are the potential side effects of selective estrogen receptor modulators ?
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Drug Therapy: Other |
Drug Mini-Monograph: Calcitonin in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
What treatment has been proven to reverse bone loss in anorexia nervosa ?
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Secondary Osteoporosis: Eating Disorders |
What is the relationship between eating disorders and osteoporosis ?
What are the mechanisms of bone loss in anorexia nervosa ?
What is the mechanism of amenorrhea in anorexia nervosa ?
What treatment has been proven to reverse bone loss in anorexia nervosa ?
What is the role of calcium and vitamin D in treatment of anorexia nervosa-associated bone loss ?
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Secondary Osteoporosis: Medication |
What medications are associated with an increased risk of osteoporosis ?
How does corticosteroid dose affect the risk of osteoporosis ?
What is appropriate monitoring and treatment of patients on systemic corticosteroids ?
What medicines should be used to treat corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis ?
What are the detailed prevention guidelines and rationale for corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis ?
How do rheumatoid arthritis, and other inflammatory diseases, affect bone density ?
Who should be evaluated for secondary causes of osteoporosis ?
What is an appropriate diagnostic work-up for secondary osteoporosis ?
What is the mechanism by which corticosteroids cause osteoporosis ?
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Secondary Osteoporosis: Vitamin D |
What is the role of calcium and vitamin D in treatment of anorexia nervosa-associated bone loss ?
How do osteoporosis and osteomalacia differ ?
What causes vitamin D deficiency ?
What factors influence skin synthesis of vitamin D ?
What are the dietary sources of vitamin D ?
How is vitamin D deficiency determined ?
What laboratory abnormalities are found in vitamin D deficiency ?
How is vitamin D deficiency treated and monitored ?
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Male Osteoporosis |
What are important osteoporosis risk factors in men ?
Is routine screening for osteoporosis recommended for men ?
What tests are used in diagnosing male osteoporosis ?
Why measure bone mineral density in at-risk men as well as women ?
What is the appropriate work-up of osteoporosis in men ?
What are options for treatment of osteoporosis in men ?
What are some options for testosterone replacement therapy ?
What is the effect of testosterone replacement on bone density in hypogonadal men ?
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Edited by Mary B. Laya MD, MPH and Mary Migeon, MD
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