[Postmenopausal osteoporosis: current treatment].
Treatments for post menopausal osteoporosis can reduce by 50 % the risk of fracture, in patients having low bone mineral density, with ou without prevalent fractures. The treatment of calcium and vitamin D insufficiencies is necessary in parallel. Based on anti fracture efficacy of treatments, it is relevant to assess post menopausal women for the risk of osteoporotic fractures, based on clinical risk factors and bone mineral density measurements.
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Service de rhumatologie, hôpital Cochin, 27, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France. christian.roux@cch.ap-hop-paris.fr
D000368:Aged; D015519:Bone Density; D002118:Calcium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017698:Postmenopause; D012307:Risk Factors; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014807:Vitamin D; D002118:Calcium