TY - JOUR T1 - What is the optimal duration of bisphosphonate therapy? JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 619 LP - 630 DO - 10.3949/ccjm.78a.11022 VL - 78 IS - 9 AU - Susan M. Ott Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/9/619.abstract N2 - 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. ER -