Jeff's Healthy Living » now-treatable http://jeffshealthyliving.com Jeff Wendland's Guide to a Fit & Healthy Lifestyle Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:27:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Teriparatide Outperforms Alendronate In Treating Steroid-induced Osteoporosis http://jeffshealthyliving.com/2009/10/teriparatide-outperforms-alendronate-in-treating-steroid-induced-osteoporosis/ http://jeffshealthyliving.com/2009/10/teriparatide-outperforms-alendronate-in-treating-steroid-induced-osteoporosis/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0000 http://jeffshealthyliving.com/?p=70 A recent study determined glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (OP) is now treatable with Teriparatide, a synthetic form of the human parathyroid hormone. Researchers found patients with glucocorticoid-induced OP who were treated with teriparatide for 36 months had a greater increase in bone mineral density and fewer new vertebral fractures than those treated with alendronate.

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Teriparatide Outperforms Alendronate In Treating Steroid-induced Osteoporosis

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