Abstract: In Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) osteoporosis is secondary. Its cause and its treatment are still controversial. All agents used in post menopausal osteoporosis have been tried for RA osteoporosis. Our work is a prospective open study to demonstrate the efficacy of low dose NF (20 mg daily) in these patients. Sixty two patients with RA and osteoporosis (t score less than 2.5 standard deviation, as defined by WHO) entered the study. BMD ...
Treatment of Osteoporosis by Natrium Fluoride.
Abstract: Natrium Fluoride (NF) is one of the best treatments of osteoporosis because it is cheap, it has no major side effects, and it is effective (Heany et al., Farley et al., Dure-Smith et al., Kanis et al., and Pak et al.). Our work is a prospective open study to demonstrate the efficacy of low dose NF (20 mg daily) in post menopausal osteoporosis. Fifty six patients with osteoporosis (t score less ...