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Three years of alendronate treatment results in similar levels of vertebral microdamage as after one year of treatment

Journal

JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH
Volume 22, Issue 11, Pages 1759-1765

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AMER SOC BONE & MINERAL RES
DOI: 10.1359/JBMR.070720

Keywords

bisphosphonates; remodeling; toughness; biomechanics; osteoporosis

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  1. NCRR NIH HHS [C06 RR10601-01] Funding Source: Medline
  2. NIAMS NIH HHS [AR007581, AR047838] Funding Source: Medline

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Three years of daily alendronate treatment increases microdamage in vertebral bone but does not significantly increase it beyond levels of microdamage found after 1 yr of treatment. This suggests microdamage accumulation peaks during the early period of bisphosphonate treatment and does not continue to accumulate with longer periods of treatment.

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