Little is known about patients' long-term compliance with osteoporosis medications. In a US retrospective cohort study, Solomon et al. assessed the level and determinants of compliance with drugs ...
Methods. Data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) were used to estimate osteoporosis prevalence and treatment rates among individuals ages 50 years and older who self-reported having ...
Information was obtained from the MEPS from the years 1999 to 2005 for all respondents ages 50 years and older who self-reported as having osteoporosis. In the examination of trends in medication ...
Clinicians have called for a national osteoporosis strategy after new research showed up to 70 per cent of patients are not receiving appropriate treatment, and that osteoporotic fractures are one ...
“HRT is safe when correctly prescribed by a specialist ... and women in their sixties should regularly discuss their need for HRT and review their treatment options with their gynaecologist or ...