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Adherence to monthly and weekly oral bisphosphonates in women with osteoporosis

Adherence to monthly and weekly oral bisphosphonates in women with osteoporosis

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Adherence to monthly and weekly oral bisphosphonates in women with osteoporosis

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Full title

Adherence to monthly and weekly oral bisphosphonates in women with osteoporosis

Publisher

London: London : Springer-Verlag

Journal title

Osteoporosis international, 2010-01, Vol.21 (1), p.145-155

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

London: London : Springer-Verlag

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Contents

Summary This primary care database survey evaluated whether osteoporotic women treated with bisphosphonates were more adherent to monthly than to weekly treatment. Both compliance (medication possession ratio [MPR]) and persistence (time to discontinuation) were superior in the monthly ibandronate treatment group. Better control of fracture risk ma...

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Full title

Adherence to monthly and weekly oral bisphosphonates in women with osteoporosis

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2788149

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2788149

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ISSN

0937-941X

E-ISSN

1433-2965

DOI

10.1007/s00198-009-0930-1

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