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How long should we treat?

Overview of attention for article published in Osteoporosis International, March 2014
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Title
How long should we treat?
Published in
Osteoporosis International, March 2014
DOI 10.1007/s00198-013-2433-3
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Authors

C. Roux, K. Briot

Abstract

Osteoporosis is a chronic disease, for which effective drugs are available. These drugs have reduced the risk of osteoporosis-related fractures in robust trials of 3-5 years duration. There is no evidence of anti-fracture efficacy for treatments of longer duration. The consequences of stopping treatments are very different for the different molecules. Bisphosphonates can be safely discontinued after 3-5 years of treatment if there was optimal adherence and if patients are no longer osteoporotic. This discontinuation cannot be applied in patients with recent fractures or for other treatments. Safety of prolonged treatment is a huge concern which must be managed appropriately. The decision of a prolonged treatment is driven by the underlying risk of fracture. This risk must be assessed regularly in order to share with the patient the benefit-risk ratio of prolonged treatment.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 14 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 3 21%
Student > Master 3 21%
Professor 2 14%
Student > Bachelor 2 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 7%
Other 1 7%
Unknown 2 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 50%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 7%
Psychology 1 7%
Engineering 1 7%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 3 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 June 2014.
All research outputs
#14,755,366
of 25,328,635 outputs
Outputs from Osteoporosis International
#2,080
of 3,857 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#113,878
of 231,578 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Osteoporosis International
#40
of 91 outputs
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