New osteoporosis drugs increase frequency of patient visits
Case Management Weekly, August 2, 2004
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Patient visits for osteoporosis increased four times between 1994 and 2003, according to a study recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The study attributes this sharp jump to new osteoporosis medications, which lead to increased awareness of the disease and treatment.
In 1994, patients visited their physicians 1.3 million times for osteoporosis, while in 2003 that number of visits jumped to 6.3 million. Study authors say the availability of two drugs, oral daily bisphosphonates and selective estrogen receptor modulator raloxifene, which are both used to prevent and treat the condition, are responsible for the increased visits.
Source: The Archives of Internal Medicine
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