Quality assurance study of the use of preventative therapies in glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in early inflammatory arthritis: results from the CATCH cohort

Abstract

Glucocorticoid therapy is frequently used in early inflammatory arthritis. The use of calcium, vitamin D or a bisphosphonate was low among chronic glucocorticoid users and illustrates the need for more diligence in patients receiving glucocorticoids to prevent GIOP.