Teriparatide or Alendronate in Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis

Kenneth G. Saag, Elizabeth Shane, Steven Boonen, Fernando Marín, David W. Donley, Kathleen A. Taylor, G. P. Dalsky, Robert Marcus

New England Journal of Medicine · 2007 · 891 citations · 32 references

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Abstract

Among patients with osteoporosis who were at high risk for fracture, bone mineral density increased more in patients receiving teriparatide than in those receiving alendronate. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00051558 [ClinicalTrials.gov].).

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