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ba0001pp428 | Osteoporosis: treatment | ECTS2013

Persistence with different anti-osteoporosis medications: a population-based cohort study.

Pages-Castella Aina , Carbonell-Abella Cristina , Nogues Xavier , Javaid M Kassim , Arden Nigel K , Cooper Cirus , Diez-Perez Adolfo , Prieto-Alhambra Daniel

Objective: Several reports suggest very low persistence with oral bisphosphonates, but there is a scarcity of data on persistence with other anti-osteoporosis medications. We therefore compared rates of early discontinuation (in the first year of therapy) between all available outpatient anti-osteoporosis drugs in Catalonia, Spain.Study design: population-based retrospective cohort study.Participants and source of data: The data in...