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Bone and Calcium Disorders
Should patients who develop primary hyperparathyroidism after 5 years of Prolia treatment for osteoporosis be referred for parathyroidectomy?
If so, when? Does surgery need to be timed with last dose of Prolia injection?
Answer from: at Community Practice
There are other reasons to treat primary hyperparathyroidism surgically beyond osteoporosis, what is response to treat as far as BMD?
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She is responding well to Prolia with improvement ...