Empowering the Patient While Developing an Osteoporosis Management Strategy

The past 2 decades have witnessed the introduction of several effective medications to reduce the fracture risk of patients with osteoporosis. We also have the means of estimating the individual patient's probability of sustaining osteoporotic fractures and therefore we can identify patients at risk of sustaining fractures before they sustain these fractures. In other words, we are now able to target therapy to those who need it most because their fracture risk is elevated, and avoid treating patients whose fracture risk is not elevated.
Source: Journal of Clinical Densitometry - Category: Radiology Authors: Source Type: research