Abstracts tagged "bisphosphonates and osteoporosis"

Abstract Number: 1247 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association Between Bisphosphonate Switching Behavior and Cost Outcomes In Postmenopausal United States Veterans
Joanne Lafleur¹, Scott L. DuVall², Jeffrey R. Curtis³, Robert A Adler⁴, Tina Willson⁵, Irene Agodoa⁶, Bradley Stolshek⁷ and Richard E. Nelson⁸, ¹University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Salt Lake City, UT, ²VA Salt Lake City Health Care System and University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Internal Medicine, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA, ⁵Pharmacotherapy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁷Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁸Division of Epidemiology, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Many bisphosphonate-treated patients discontinue therapy within the first year. Some later restart the same or a different bisphosphonate. The implications of this on total…
Abstract Number: 1217 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Determination Of Vitamin D Level Prior To The Initiation Of Bisphosphonate Therapy
Chris T. Derk¹, Ruchika Patel², Rennie L. Rhee², Yiu Tak Leung¹, R. Michelle Koolaee², Shiv Sehra² and Ashwini Komarla³, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D deficiency is under-recognized and in 18-35% of patients who do not respond to bisphosphonates, concurrent use of vitamin D 1000 units daily…

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