title: New NICE bone fracture guidance.
abstract: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued final guidance on the use of drugs to prevent osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women. The document details treatment for the prevention of further fractures in women who have already had a fracture (secondary prevention). However, for the first time it also recommends drugs to help prevent a first fracture due to osteoporosis (primary prevention).