Abstracts tagged "drug therapy and fracture risk"

Abstract Number: 828 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Impact of the Duration of Bisphosphonate Drug Holidays on Hip Fracture Rates
Jeffrey R. Curtis¹, Rui Chen², Zixu (Eric) Li², Tarun Arora², Kenneth Saag³, Nicole C. Wright⁴, Shanette Daigle², Meredith Kilgore⁵ and Elizabeth Delzell⁶, ¹Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration San Diego Healthcare System/UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, ⁴Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Health Care Organization & Policy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Retired - University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Given FDA warnings, drug holidays (temporary or permanent discontinuation) of bisphosphonates (BPs) after long-term (3-5 years) continuous therapy is becoming increasingly common in the…