[Evidence for the selective estrogen receptor modulator raloxifene--its pharmacological characteristics, efficacy and safety profiles].
With the endpoint of osteoporosis treatment thus clarified, currently, the selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) raloxifene represents the mainstay of therapy for osteoporosis, together with the antiresorptive agents bisphosphonates. Thus, this review has drawn mainly on the results of the MORE study to explore the efficacy of raloxifene in inhibiting bone metabolism, increasing bone mineral density effects, and preventing bone fractures. Notably, the available evidence for raloxifene suggests that the efficacy of raloxifene in preventing bone fractures has not only to do with bone mineral density but also to do with bone quality.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Women' s Medical University.
Hiroaki
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Ohta
D015519:Bone Density; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D020849:Raloxifene Hydrochloride / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020845:Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D020845:Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators; D020849:Raloxifene Hydrochloride