Comparison of Different Treatment Protocols in Osteoporosis

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of different medical treatment protocols in osteoporosis. For this purpose 153 postmenopausal women who were diagnosed as osteoporosis were randomly divided into 4 groups and given different medical treatments for 1 year period. Before and after the treatment bone mineral density was measured . Bone mineral density increased in all 4 groups after treatment. But increament in the groups was not statistically different from each other. As a result we concluded that patients choice, side effects and cost must be regarded for drug preference.

Keywords

• Osteoporosis
• Treatment