What is the optimal duration of bisphosphonate therapy?

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Abstract

It is reasonable to stop bisphosphonates after 5 years of use and then to follow patients with markers of bone turnover. As long as the levels of these markers remain reduced, adding an antiresorptive drug does not make physiologic sense.

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Ott, S. M. (2011). What is the optimal duration of bisphosphonate therapy? Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 78(9), 619–630. https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.11022

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