Drug-induced bone disease.
Drugs can cause accelerated bone loss as well as disturbances in serum calcium levels. This article focuses on chemically induced bone diseases that commonly affect the elderly and result in either osteoporosis, osteomalacia, hypercalcemia or hypocalcemia. Also discussed are drugs that increase the risk of falls, putting those patients with osteoporosis at a greater risk for future.
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
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D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016723:Bone Remodeling; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000009:adverse effects; D006493:Heparin / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000139:chemically induced; D010018:Osteomalacia / Q000139:chemically induced; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000139:chemically induced
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D006493:Heparin