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  • Title: [Treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis].
    Author: Loza E.
    Journal: An Sist Sanit Navar; 2003; 26 Suppl 3():91-8. PubMed ID: 14716361.
    Abstract:
    Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis consists of non-drug and drug therapy. This review of the topic will provide an overview of the approach to therapy of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. In the past, estrogen replacement was considered a primary therapy for the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis. However, data from the Womeńs Health Initiative (WHI) revealed that estrogen-progestine therapy does not reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, and increases the risk of breast cancer, stroke, and venous thromboembolic events. As a result of these findings, other antiresorptive agents are now the drugs of choice for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
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