title: Osteoporosis in women.
abstract: Many preventive and treatment strategies are now available for osteoporosis, offering many women the opportunity to forego its many complications. Exercise with calcium and vitamin D supplements is recommended for most patients. Estrogens are a preferred treatment but not acceptable to many women. Alendronate, a bisphosphonate, recently became available to treat osteoporosis. Calcitonin, subcutaneous or intranasal, also can be useful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4283, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Spangler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D015519:Bone Density; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002118:Calcium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D005459:Fluorides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D004164:Diphosphonates; D014807:Vitamin D; D002116:Calcitonin; D005459:Fluorides; D002118:Calcium