Back pain is a reason to think about osteoporosis

Abstract

The paper gives information on osteoporosis (OP) as a cause of back pain. In OP the latter is stated to be induced by not only osteoporotic fractures, but also other pathological changes associated with bone mineral density loss. Data on the management of back pain due to OP are presented and the efficacies of alendronate and vitamin D3 are noted

Keywords

• back pain
• osteoporosis
• alendronate
• vitamin d3