PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF STEROID-INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS

Authors
AVERNS HL CHELLINGSWORTH M
Citation
Hl. Averns et M. Chellingsworth, PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF STEROID-INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS, British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 52(2-3), 1994, pp. 86-89
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
British Journal of Hospital Medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071064
Volume
52
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
86 - 89
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1064(1994)52:2-3<86:PAMOSO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Glucocorticoids were first used therapeutically in the late 1940s. Whi le they have revolutionised the treatment of many diseases, they also have many side effects, including osteoporosis. Although osteoporosis has been recognised as an important complication since the first use o f steroids, we are still a long way from understanding the pathophysio logy of steroid-induced osteoporosis.