Risk Factors for Osteoporosis

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Reviewed September 2008

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Title:   Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis and fractures
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Fragility fractures are a serious complication of long-term treatment with corticosteroids.The high frequency and rapid onset of corticosteroid-related fractures necessitates prompt identification of at-risk patients.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Steroids and fractures
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Patients who need to keep taking steroids may have to take other medicines to try and prevent fractures. Most patients will be given calcium and vitamin D. Some patients may also be given medicines called bisphosphonates to slow thinning of the bones.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Osteoporosis: Student factsheet
Publisher:   Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
Description:   Osteoporosis is a disease characterised by deterioration of bone tissue,resulting in bone fragility and susceptibility to fracture. What causes osteoporosis, risk factors and ways of preventing the disease are included along with recent statistics.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Hormones - cortisone
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Cortisol is a hormone made by the adrenal glands. Some disorders such as arthritis and asthma can be treated with synthesised cortisol, called cortisone or corticosteroids. A common side effect of such treatment is osteoporosis.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Osteoporosis: what it does to your bones
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   In osteoporosis your bones are thin and brittle, and can break more easily. Find out what causes it and how to prevent it.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Menopause: what you can expect
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Each woman will experience menopause differently and there is no one treatment that will suit everyone.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Menopause: Consequences of oestrogen deficiency after menopause on bone health
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Menopause results in oestrogen deficiency. It is also known that oestrogen levels begin to fall in the years preceding menopause, even when a woman continues to menstruate normally. It is this oestrogen deficiency around the time of menopause that contributes significantly to bone loss in women.
Date:   Feb 2006
Title:   Breast cancer
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Women who develop breast cancer may be at risk of osteoporosis.
Date:   Feb 2006
Title:   Implications
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Osteoporosis is a silent disease that causes no symptoms. The symptoms of osteoporosis arise when fractures occur as a result of having weakened bones.
Date:   Feb 2006
Title:   2005 - Fracture without trauma - an important signal for action
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Osteoporosis is a condition, which results in loss of bone strength, thus making bone more fragile and easily susceptible to fracture. The condition is often first recognised when someone has a fracture without a major accident or trauma.
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Calcitonin for preventing and treating corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Long-term corticosteroids are prescribed for a number of reasons, including inflammatory bowel disease, chronic obstructive lung disease and rheumatoid arthritis. Steroids cause bone loss by a variety of complex mechanisms. Calcitonin is an anti-resorpt...
Date:   Oct 1999
Title:   Bisphosphonates for steroid induced osteoporosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Corticosteroids are widely used in inflammatory conditions as an immunosuppressive agent. Diseases treated with corticosteroids include connective tissue diseases, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease and organ transplantation. Bone loss is a serious side effect of this therapy.
Title:   Calcium and vitamin D for corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Osteoporosis and subsequent fracture are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. It is defined by low bone mass, and has many etiologies with different patterns of bone loss. Corticosteroid therapy is a contributor to the development of osteoporosis.
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