PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ziad Farrah
AU  - Ali SM Jawad
TI  - Optimising the management of osteoporosis
AID  - 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0131
DP  - 2020 Sep 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - e196--e201
VI  - 20
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/5/e196.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/5/e196.full
SO  - Clin Med2020 Sep 01; 20
AB  - With increasing longevity of the population globally, the prevalence of osteoporosis will rise, associated with significant morbidity, disability and increased mortality. Adequate intake of calcium, vitamin D, increasing physical activity, a strategy of avoiding falls, cessation of smoking and avoiding excessive alcohol intake are pivotal in maintaining healthy bones in all age groups. Oral bisphosphonates remain the most cost-effective first line of treatment. Better methods of identifying patients with high fracture risk is needed as there is adequate effective treatment for osteoporosis.