RESEARCH - Steroids a fracture risk at any dose

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The Rheumatologist, March 2011

Glucocorticoids a Fracture Risk at Any Dose

Updated recommendations advocate doing more to determine fracture risk

and the need for preventive therapy

by By Kathy Holliman, MEd

The ACR has published the " 2010 Recommendations for the Prevention and

Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis. " 1 An update to the

2001 recommendations, these new guidelines take into account new

therapies and updated diagnostic approaches that have been developed

since the 2001 recommendations were published, as well as new data on

the therapies mentioned in the 2001 publication.

M. Grossman, MD, principal investigator and coauthor of the

recommendations, tells her patients that a glucocorticoid “is a good

drug, but it’s also a bad drug at the same time. Most of us had

thought that 2.5 mg per day was a pretty safe dose, but there are

patients taking that dose who should be getting a prophylactic

medication for osteoporosis.”

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http://www.the-rheumatologist.org/details/article/1038921/Glucocorticoids_a_Frac\

ture_Risk_at_Any_Dose.html

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, thank you so much for posting this. Since pred is the only medication my

rheumy wants me to take, this is exactly the info I've been looking for. You

might have saved this old lady a broken hip

Sue L.

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> The Rheumatologist, March 2011

>

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> Glucocorticoids a Fracture Risk at Any Dose

> Updated recommendations advocate doing more to determine fracture risk

> and the need for preventive therapy

>

>

> by By Kathy Holliman, MEd

>

> The ACR has published the " 2010 Recommendations for the Prevention and

> Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis. " 1 An update to the

> 2001 recommendations, these new guidelines take into account new

> therapies and updated diagnostic approaches that have been developed

> since the 2001 recommendations were published, as well as new data on

> the therapies mentioned in the 2001 publication.

>

> M. Grossman, MD, principal investigator and coauthor of the

> recommendations, tells her patients that a glucocorticoid " is a good

> drug, but it's also a bad drug at the same time. Most of us had

> thought that 2.5 mg per day was a pretty safe dose, but there are

> patients taking that dose who should be getting a prophylactic

> medication for osteoporosis. "

>

> *************************************

> Read the full article here:

>

>

http://www.the-rheumatologist.org/details/article/1038921/Glucocorticoids_a_Frac\

ture_Risk_at_Any_Dose.html

>

>

>

>

> Not an MD

>

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Sue,

You're welcome. Maybe a second opinion would be a good idea. Have you

only seen one rheumatologist?

Not an MD

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:55 AM, SueL <sue3014@...> wrote:

> , thank you so much for posting this. Since pred is the only medication my

rheumy wants me to take, this is exactly the info I've been looking for. You

might have saved this old lady a broken hip

> Sue L.