Osteoporosis is a condition where your bones become brittle and bone mass reduces. This disease I'm focusing on is Osteoporosis in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammation in the joints that causes destruction and functional disability. In this disease the increase of osteoclast does take place and increases a lot of risks and of course decreases certain physical activity due to bones being fragile. There is a certain medication that they recommend people with osteoporosis to use and its called Bisphosphonates (BPs). This will increase bone mineral density and others by just using this medication. Studies show results that the patients that use this medication can prevent osteoporotic fractures. The lack of using this medication can result in many things and it is also important to use this medication properly for better results.
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Some will use risedronate (weekly), alendronate (weekly), and ibandronate (monthly), this is all prescriptions of oral Bisphosphonates. There are females being used for this study and they are the ages 20 and older. Oral Bisphosphonates are a new treatment of osteoporosis. Certain females were included in this study if they had taken calcium or vitamin D. The ones that had to be excluded were the ones that had like a Paget’s disease that required BPs. The study was approved before doing any of
Some will use risedronate (weekly), alendronate (weekly), and ibandronate (monthly), this is all prescriptions of oral Bisphosphonates. There are females being used for this study and they are the ages 20 and older. Oral Bisphosphonates are a new treatment of osteoporosis. Certain females were included in this study if they had taken calcium or vitamin D. The ones that had to be excluded were the ones that had like a Paget’s disease that required BPs. The study was approved before doing any of