How to prevent glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis

  • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • August 2010,
  • 77
  • (8)
  • 529-536;
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10003

ABSTRACT

When prescribing glucocorticoids for long-term treatment, physicians should take steps to prevent osteoporosis, a common and serious side effect of these drugs.

Footnotes

  • * The author has received honoraria from Amgen, Eli Lilly, Genentech, Novartis, and Procter and Gamble for consulting, teaching, speaking, and serving on advisory committees or review panels.

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