@article {Ott619, author = {Susan M. Ott}, title = {What is the optimal duration of bisphosphonate therapy?}, volume = {78}, number = {9}, pages = {619--630}, year = {2011}, doi = {10.3949/ccjm.78a.11022}, publisher = {Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine}, abstract = {It is reasonable to stop bisphosphonates after 5 years of use and then to follow patients with markers of bone turnover. As long as the levels of these markers remain reduced, adding an antiresorptive drug does not make physiologic sense.}, issn = {0891-1150}, URL = {https://www.ccjm.org/content/78/9/619}, eprint = {https://www.ccjm.org/content/78/9/619.full.pdf}, journal = {Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine} }