Objective: To determine the prevalence of continuous use of oral steroids in the general
population, the conditions for which they are prescribed, and the extent to which patients …

Administration of oral corticosteroids is associated with the development of osteoporosis and
an increased risk of fractures. However, the size of the treated sub‐population who would …

Objective. This study examined the effects of daily and cumulative oral corticosteroid doses
on the risk of fractures. Methods. Information was obtained from the General Practice …

Abstract Treatment with oral corticosteroids is known to decrease bone density but there are
few data on the attendant risk of fracture and on the reversibility of this risk after cessation of …

Purpose—The objective of this study was an evaluation of the sensitivity of findings of the
relationship between oral corticosteroid use and the risk of fracture. We found in earlier work …

Studies of oral corticosteroid dose and loss of bone mineral density have reported
inconsistent results. In this meta-analysis, we used information from 66 papers on bone …

Background: The use of oral corticosteroids (CS) is one of the most common causes of
iatrogenic osteoporosis. Recently, therapeutic guidelines dealing with the skeletal …

Objective To determine the frequency of prescriptions for short term use of oral
corticosteroids, and adverse events (sepsis, venous thromboembolism, fractures) associated …

The relationship between use of corticosteroids and fracture risk was estimated in a meta‐
analysis of data from seven cohort studies of∼ 42,000 men and women. Current and past …

OBJECTIVE--To determine the frequency with which osteoporosis prophylaxis is given to
corticosteroid treated hospital inpatients. METHODS--All patients receiving systemic …