RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 What is the optimal duration of bisphosphonate therapy?
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 619
OP 630
DO 10.3949/ccjm.78a.11022
VO 78
IS 9
A1 Susan M. Ott
YR 2011
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/9/619.abstract
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.