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Osteoporosis: bisphosphonates

Australia

• Osteoporosis Australia
  • Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the jaw [2006]

Australia, New Zealand

• Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society
  • Jaw osteonecrosis with bisphosphonates - ANZBMS position statement [2005]

Belgium

• Belgian Bone Club
  • Evidence-based guidelines for the use of biochemical markers of bone turnover in the selection and monitoring of bisphosphonate treatment in osteoporosis: a consensus document of the Belgian Bone Club [2009]

Europe

• European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis
  • Osteonecrosis of the jaw and bisphosphonate treatment for osteoporosis [2008]

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Bisphosphonates for steroid induced osteoporosis
  • Bisphosphonates for osteoporosis in people with cystic fibrosis
  • Alendronate for the primary and secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women

South Africa

• National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa
  • Use of generic alendronate in the treatment of osteoporosis [2006]

United Kingdom

• Bandolier
  • Persistence with bisphosphonates [2007]

Articles in journals

• American Family Physician
  • Bisphosphonates: Safety and Efficacy in the Treatment and Prevention of Osteoporosis [2000]

• Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore
  • Bisphosphonates--a word of caution [2004]

• Arthritis Research & Therapy
  • Bisphosphonates and risk of atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis [2010]

• BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • The association between compliance and persistence with bisphosphonate therapy and fracture risk: A review [2007]

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC)
  • Does Treatment With Bisphosphonates Endanger the Human Pregnancy? [2008]

• Medscape Journal of Medicine
  • Preventing Nonvertebral Osteoporotic Fractures With Extended-Interval Bisphosphonates: Regimen Selection and Clinical Application [2009]

• Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • Giant osteoclasts after long-term bisphosphonate therapy: diagnostic challenges [2009]

• Oncologist
  • Bisphosphonates and Time to Osteonecrosis Development [2009]

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• Guidelines
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