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January 1, 2020
Despite multiple efforts at changing patient and provider behaviors to improve the use of pharmacologic medication for osteoporosis, the rates of compliance and persistence are still below desirable levels. This is a multifaceted problem that stems from a ...
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January 1, 2018
Osteoporosis therapies reduce the risk of osteoporotic related fractures. Patients with poor persistence to osteoporosis medications are nonpersistent with nutritional interventions such as calcium or with medications such as statins for other asymptomatic ...
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January 1, 2015
Patients with chronic diseases frequently do not take their medications correctly. People with osteoporosis are no exception. Epidemiologic data show that noncompliance and nonpersistence should be serious concerns for healthcare professionals who treat th ...
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January 1, 2015
Although the human skeleton seems rigid and unchanging, it is actually undergoing change constantly. The skeleton's primary purposes are to protect the body and provide mobility and structural support. In childhood, the skeleton undergoes a process called ...
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July 19, 2013
This chapter reviews five key controversies about research into compliance and persistence with osteoporosis treatments, and provides supporting evidence about those controversies. All researchers who study compliance and persistence with osteoporosis medi ...
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November 17, 2009
The evidence about men and osteoporosis has changed over the last 30 years. Recent data suggest that at least 20% of people with osteoporosis are men. That means that 2 million men or more already have osteoporosis and another 12 million are at risk of the ...
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