The most common metabolic bone disease in the United States,1 osteoporosis leads to significant morbidity and mortality among senior patients and is responsible for costing them their independence. Osteoporosis often goes undetected until a patient suffers from a fracture. In adults 50 or older, any new fracture increases the risk of subsequent fractures, especially in the year after the first fracture.1
The medications used to treat osteoporosis can cause upset stomach or heartburn in many people. At the same time, rarer side effects include atypical femoral fracture (a break in the thighbone) or jaw osteonecrosis (the slowness or failure to heal after dental work).










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