Medication review: study highlights potential missed opportunities to modify use of fracture-associated drugs following a fragility fracture (Sep-16)

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NPC Archive Item: MHRA Drug Safety Update October 2011

NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. The Drug Safety Update is an NHS Evidence accredited provider 17 October 2011 The MHRA and CHM have published the October edition of Drug Safety Update. This edition details […]

NPC Archive Item: Risk of atypical fractures with bisphosphonates

NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. 6 June 2011 Two recent observational studies (one in Canada and another in Sweden) have reported an increased risk of atypical femoral fractures in older women taking bisphosphonates, which […]

NPC Archive Item: Lasofoxifene for postmenopausal osteoporosis

NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. 15 April 2010 In the PEARL study of 8,556 women with postmenopausal osteoporosis, lasofoxifene 0.5mg daily reduced the risk of radiographic vertebral fractures after three years. At the end of […]

NPC Archive Item: April 2010 Drug Safety Update from MHRA/CHM

NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. The Drug Safety Update is an NHS Evidence accredited provider 09 April 2010 The MHRA and CHM have published the April edition of Drug Safety Update Highlights include: Updated […]

NPC Archive Item: Vitamin D alone may not prevent fractures

NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. 23 February 2010 A meta-analysis found that daily calcium and vitamin D supplementation significantly reduced the overall risk of fracture across a wide age range of people, irrespective of […]