Questions discussed in this category
After replacing Vitamin D, what will be your first treatment of choice? Labs including ALP and calcium levels are normal. T scores are -3 or above. Th...
A male patient in his 30s with two lumbar compression fractures (non-traumatic) and a Z-score of -2.6 in the spine, Z-score -0.5 in hips. History of 3...
Do anabolic agents have a role?
Assuming follow-up IV bisphosphonate x2 infusions to prevent rebound fractures
Are oral bisphosphonates contraindicated with all types of bariatric procedures?
What level or additional signs/symptoms trigger a workup? What does your workup typically consist of?
Does it depend on location of radiation, length of radiation, and time since radiation?
For example, patients who have been maintained on 5mg of prednisone for years without previous tapering attempts and the rheumatic disease is not acti...
No evidence for acromegaly or Pagets.
Do you attempt to taper fully or maintain at a low dose?
Would you hold these agents in the setting of invasive dental procedures?
Without a discrete mass to biopsy, is there any utility of any blind biopsies to rule out IgG4 related disease, infectious or neoplastic process?
Would you consider keeping the patient on denosumab or would switch to an anabolic agent?
Are there specific features that suggest drug-induced uveitis versus de novo uveitis?
Is there a role for earlier use of anabolic agents to promote bone healing in patients that develop AFFs?
Does denosumab effect knee replacement or hip replacement? Should replacement occur right before or after injection?
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Papers discussed in this category
Arthritis Rheumatol, 2017 Aug
Current opinion in rheumatology, 2015-05
Am J Med, 2012 Nov 20
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 2017 Aug
JAMA, 2006-12-27
Lancet (London, England), 2015-09-19
N Engl J Med,
The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology, 2017-07
The New England journal of medicine, 2018 Oct 01
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2018-05
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2019-07
Calcified tissue international, 2022 Oct 26