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Epilepsy Patients May Have Poor Bone Health, High Fracture Risk

May 11, 2016 • By Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP

Some patients with epilepsy have a higher risk of fracture due to falls, and some studies have suggested that anti-epileptic drugs may also contribute to the fracture risk. In a recent review, researchers examined if there is a link between epilepsy and osteoporosis, making recommendations to aid future research…... [Read More]

Filed Under: Drug Updates Tagged With: anti-epletic drugs, bone, bone mineral density (BMD), Epilepsy, Fractures, Osteoporosis

Mediterranean Diet Tied to Lower Hip Fracture Risk

March 29, 2016 • By Andrew M. Seaman

(Reuters Health)—Women who maintain an overall healthy diet may benefit from a slightly reduced risk of hip fractures later in life, according to a new U.S. study. Women who followed a Mediterranean-style diet were about three tenths of a percent less likely to break a hip over about 16 years, compared to women who didn’t… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: Diet, eating, Fractures, hip, hip fracture, hip fracture risk, Mediterranean diet, Osteoporosis

The ACR Addresses the FDA about the Safe Adoption of Biosimilars in the U.S.; Plus Tofacitinib Approved for RA & Romosozumab May Reduce Fracture Risk

March 9, 2016 • By Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP

The ACR has continued its advocacy to ensure the safe adoption of biosimilars in the U.S., most recently addressing an FDA public hearing. Also, the FDA has approved tofacitinib for RA, and a clinical trial of romosozumab for patients with osteoporosis met its primary endpoint…... [Read More]

Filed Under: Biologics & Biosimilars, Drug Updates Tagged With: American College of Rheumatology, Biosimilars, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, infliximab, romosozumab, Tofacitinib, tofacitinib citrate

Serum IGF-1 Tied to Fracture Risk in Elderly Women

September 14, 2015 • By David Douglas

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—A Dutch study confirms that reduced serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) are associated with increased fracture risk in elderly women, but not men. In an Aug. 31 online paper in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Dr. N.C. van Varsseveld, of VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, and colleagues noted that… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: Fractures, hip, hip fracture, hip fracture risk, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1), Women

Growth Hormone Reduces Fractures in Women with Osteoporosis

September 4, 2015 • By Will Boggs, MD

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Growth hormone is associated with a decrease in fractures in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis even a decade after treatment ceases, researchers from Sweden report. “We were surprised and pleased to find that the patients had a reduced risk of fracture so many years after the growth hormone treatment was ceased,” Dr. Emily… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: Growth Hormone, Osteoporosis, postmenopause, Women

Abaloparatide-SC May Reduce Fractures for Osteoporosis & New FDA Safety Website

July 22, 2015 • By Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP

In a 25 month Phase 3 trial, abaloparatide-SC reduced the risk of new fractures in patients suffering from postmenopausal osteoporosis. Plus, the FDA launches a new drug safety website.... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Drug Updates, Safety Tagged With: Abaloparatide-SC, FDA, Fractures, Osteoporosis, osteoporosis treatments, REMS

2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Bone Fracture Concerns in Children

April 1, 2015 • By Susan Bernstein

Recognizing, reducing risk of bone fractures in pediatric patients with rheumatic disease, taking glucocorticoid therapy... [Read More]

Filed Under: Meeting Reports Tagged With: ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, Bernstein, Children, Fractures, glucocorticoid, Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis, patient care, Pediatric, Rheumatic Disease, therapy

Atypical Fractures Associated with Bisphosphonates

November 1, 2014 • By Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP

Plus, FX006, odanacatib and other rheumatology drug news, safety updates... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Drug Updates, Safety, Soft Tissue Pain Tagged With: Bisphosphonate, drug, Fibromyalgia, Fractures, FX006, Kaufman, odanacatib, Osteoporosis, osteoporosis treatments, rheumatology, Safety

New Treatments Needed to Prevent Fractures in Osteoporosis

June 1, 2014 • By Ellen M. Field, MD, FACR, CCD

Current therapies target pathways of bone remodeling, but rheumatologists say a better understanding of the mechanisms of bone resorption, formation is needed to make an impact... [Read More]

Filed Under: Biologics & Biosimilars, Conditions, Drug Updates, Rheumatoid Arthritis Tagged With: Biologics, bone remodeling, Field, imaging, Osteoporosis, patient care, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatologist, RNAKL, Ultrasound

Unexpected Benefits of Bisphosphonates after Hip Fracture

February 3, 2012 • By Cathleen Colon-Emeric, MD, MHS

Recent trials show this bisphosphonates can reduce subsequent hip fractures and mortality, while remaining cost effective.... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: antiinflammatory, bone, Fractures, hip fracture, Osteoporosis, patient care, rheumatologist

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