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‘If you don't exercise, you break': Physical activity key in osteoporosis intervention
6 days ago - By Healio
ORLANDO - Exercise can supplement the efficacy of several therapies used to treat osteoporosis, according to a presenter at the 2022 Rheumatology Nurses Society Annual Conference.
“You get old, and if you don't exercise, you break,” Jacqueline M. Fritz, RN, MSN, RN-BC, an infusion specialist at the Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center, in La Palma, California, told attendees.
Regarding treatment, Fritz highlighted denosumab, which blocks RANK ligand and is given subcutaneously every 6 months. Meanwhile, the antisclerostin romosozumab is effective but should
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