SEATTLE -- Risk of death was lower in the years after a bisphosphonate was started following a fracture rather than denosumab (Prolia), a target trial emulation found. In adults ages 50 and older who ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The reduced risks for osteoporotic and hip fractures with bisphosphonate therapy outweigh increased risk for ...

Your elderly patient has been on bisphosphonate medication and needs an extraction, raising the question of whether she is at risk for bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ). The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In an update to its guidance on primary osteoporosis, ACP recommended bisphosphonates as a first line of defense ...

Conclusion: Bisphosphonates provide a supportive, albeit expensive and non–life-prolonging, benefit to many patients with bone metastases. Current research is focusing on bisphosphonates as adjuvant ...

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) seemed to neutralize the protective benefit of a certain bisphosphonate, according to a post-hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Among over ...

STUDY QUESTION Test of a prior hypothesis: does use of oral bisphosphonates increase the risk of oesophageal cancer? SUMMARY ANSWER In a large UK primary care cohort, having 10 or more prescriptions ...

If Sally Field is to be believed, then she really, really likes Boniva, the bone loss drug that she currently shills for in TV commercials. And if Cheryl Ladd is considered a reliable source, then ...

Peter L. Salgo, MD: Now, something you said rang a bell, because Tom mentioned something, too. You said it’s a chronic disease and you’re never going to get cured, and yet there’s a time limit on ...