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ba0005p463 | Other diseases of bone and mineral metabolism | ECTS2016

Change in bone mineral density with high-dose prednisone in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rasch Linda , van Tuyl Lilian , Kremer Martijn , Bultink Irene , Boers Maarten , Lems Willem

Background: Recently, we showed that treatment with COBRA-light therapy including prednisone with initially 30 mg/day was as effective as the original COBRA scheme, with initially 60 mg/day (Ter Wee, ARD 2015), in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Since high-dose glucocorticoids are associated with bone loss, we investigated the differences in bone mineral density (BMD) after 1 year of treatment in both arms.Objective: To determine whether ther...