PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ott, Susan M.
TI  - What is the optimal duration of bisphosphonate therapy?
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.78a.11022
DP  - 2011 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 619--630
VI  - 78
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/9/619.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/9/619.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2011 Sep 01; 78
AB  - 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.