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How would you approach osteoporosis management in a patient who fractures while on denosumab therapy?

Would you consider keeping the patient on denosumab or would switch to an anabolic agent?
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This is a scenario that we run into at times and is very difficult with data suggesting a decline in BMD after discontinuation of denosumab as well as data from DATA-Switch trial from 2015 revealed that switching from denosumab to teriparatide resulted in progressive or transient bone loss.

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