Open AccessDuration of Bisphosphonate Drug Holidays and Associated Fracture Risk
Author(s) -
Jeffrey R. Curtis,
Kenneth G. Saag,
Tarun Arora,
Nicole C. Wright,
Huifeng Yun,
Shanette G. Daigle,
Robert Matthews,
Elizabeth Delzell
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001294
Subject(s) - duration (music) , medicine , drug , drug holiday , bisphosphonate , pharmacology , osteoporosis , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , art , literature
Discontinuation of bisphosphonates (BP) or a "drug holiday" after several years of treatment is increasingly common. However, the association of drug holiday duration with future fracture risk is unclear.