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Combined & extended alendronate with teriparatide improves BMD in women with osteoporosis

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November 2014

Combined & extended alendronate with teriparatide improves BMD in women with osteoporosis

Vol: 3| Issue: 11| Number:36| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Randomized Trial
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Overlapping and continued alendronate or raloxifene administration in patients on teriparatide: effects on areal and volumetric bone mineral density--the CONFORS Study

J Bone Miner Res. 2014 Aug;29(8):1777-85

Contributing Authors:
C Muschitz R Kocijan A Fahrleitner-Pammer I Pavo J Haschka W Schima S Kapiotis H Resch

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125 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who had undergone 9 months of teriparatide monotherapy were randomized to three treatment groups. Patients were allocated to either (1) continued 9 months combined teriparatide/alendronate therapy followed by 12 months extended alendronate; (2) continued 9 months combined teriparatide/raloxifene followed by 12 months extended raloxifene, or (3) continued ...

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