[Iatrogenic osteoporsis: six case reports].
Iatrogenic osteoporosis is a very common secondary osteoporosis is found in patients treated with large dosage of glucocorticosteroid of long duration. Six cases listed in this article including 2 cases of bronchial asthma, 2 cases of bronchial asthma, 2 cases of rheumatoid arthritis, 1 case of skin disease and 1 case of callagenosis (three male patients and three female patients). The age is from 27-46. The duration of treatment of primary disease with glucocorticosteroid is 1 to 3.5 years, with the average of 1.56 years. With the exception of one case treated with Dexamethasone one of 0.75g daily, the other 5 cases are treated with predinisone of 5-30mg daily. After they treated with hormone every other day and added Calcium and vitamin D and followed up 1 year, the mineral contents in the bone of all 6 patients are increased and the biochemistry indexes are improved.
Zheng
L M
LM
Tianjin Medical University.
Wang
J Z
JZ
D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy; D001862:Bone Resorption; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011241:Prednisone / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014807:Vitamin D; D011241:Prednisone