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- W242585909 abstract "Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the current forms of treatment of postmenopausal and senile osteoporosis. In a given patient, postmenopausal osteoporosis lacks definitive biochemical or clinical characteristics and, therefore, is a diagnosis of exclusion. Single photon absorptiometry to measure appendicular bone mineral density at the mid radius or distal radius distinguishes patients with osteoporosis from normal ones poorly but is may be of value in the longitudinal evaluation of appendicular bone mineral. Dual photon absorptiometry can measure bone mineral density at the clinically important sites of fracture: the spine and the hip. This procedure can provide accurate quantitative and noninvasive measurement of bone mineral density; fracture threshold can be used in follow up to determine response to therapy. Quantitative computed tomography appears to be a useful means of measuring bone mineral density in the axial skeleton. All patients with osteoporosis should receive supportive measures in addition to drug therapy. In the long-term course of osteoporosis, continued chronic back pain results from the postural and mechanical changes that occur with spinal deformity; severe muscle spasms can occur intermittently and may be incapacitating. In a patient with more severe disease, low daily doses of estrogen—conjugated estrogen, ethinyl estradiol, or mestranol administered in 21-day cycles and withdrawn for 10 days— should be added to the calcium supplements. The most effective treatment regimens combine calcium, estrogen, sodium fluoride, and possibly vitamin D." @default.
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- W242585909 title "The treatment of postmenopausal and senile osteoporosis" @default.
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