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How do you approach a patient with Paget’s disease of bone with elevated alkaline phosphatase and history of chronic kidney disease?

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Rheumatology · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

You can give Zol IV, which is clearly the optimal treatment for active Paget's. Those in the field that treat many such patients just administer this very slowly over 1-2 hours and assure good hydration concomitantly. I have treated a number of patients like this, with this scenario, without any pro...

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Rheumatology · UC Davis

Tough one. I might try low-dose risedronate and monitor the calcium and creatinine values often.

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Rheumatology · U of AZ Phoenix Dept of Orthopaedics

Agree with Dr. @Dr. First Last. Not everyone with active Paget’s disease of bone needs pharmacologic treatment. The risks of treatment need to be carefully considered.

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