How patients' lack of knowledge about oral bisphosphonates can interfere with medical and dental care

CA Migliorati, K Mattos, MJ Palazzolo - The Journal of the American Dental …, 2010 - Elsevier
Background Oral bisphosphonate use has been associated with a small risk of developing
oral osteonecrosis that occurs spontaneously or after the patient has undergone dental …

Use of oral bisphosphonates and the risk of aseptic osteonecrosis: a nested case-control study.

M Etminan, K Aminzadeh, IR Matthew… - The Journal of …, 2008 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether use of oral bisphosphonates is associated with an
increased risk of aseptic osteonecrosis (AON) among a cohort of elderly cardiovascular …

Use of bisphosphonates and raloxifene and risk of deep venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism

P Vestergaard, K Schwartz, EM Pinholt… - Osteoporosis …, 2010 - Springer
Prior studies have associated raloxifene and strontium ranelate with deep venous
thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism. In a cohort study, we observed an increased …

Osteoporosis treatments and adverse events

DH Solomon, L Rekedal… - Current opinion in …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Although case reports of adverse events with osteoporosis medications suggest potential
links, epidemiological analyses have largely failed to illuminate a strong, clear link between …

[HTML][HTML] Osteonecrosis of the jaw in older osteoporosis patients treated with intravenous bisphosphonates

J Baillargeon, YF Kuo, YL Lin… - The Annals of …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Intravenous bisphosphonate therapy has been linked to osteonecrosis of
the jaw among patients with cancer. Some patients with osteoporosis also receive …

[HTML][HTML] Nongranulomatous anterior uveitis associated with alendronate therapy.

S Salmen, L Berrueta, N Sánchez, H Montes… - Investigación …, 2002 - ve.scielo.org
We describe a case of acute nongranulomatous anterior uveitis associated with alendronate
therapy, in an adult woman, without medical history of previous diseases, except for …

Pharmacovigilance of oral bisphosphonates: adverse effects manifesting in the soft tissue of the oral cavity

M Kharazmi, U Persson, G Warfvinge - Journal of oral and maxillofacial …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: It is well known that oral bisphosphonates can induce necrosis of the osseous
structures of the jaws. However, there seems to be a limited awareness that oral …

Visual loss without papilledema in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

MJ Thurtell, NJ Newman, V Biousse - Journal of Neuro …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Bisphosphonates are used to inhibit bone absorption as a treatment for hypercalcemia
associated with osteolytic bone cancer, bony metastasis, Paget disease, and osteoporosis …

Adverse drug reactions to osteoporosis treatments

R Rizzoli, JY Reginster - Expert review of clinical pharmacology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Treatments for postmenopausal osteoporosis are generally safe, but are linked to some rare
serious adverse drug reactions, for which causality is not always certain. The …

Awareness and education of patients receiving bisphosphonates

JS Bauer, N Beck, J Kiefer, P Stockmann… - Journal of Cranio …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Bisphosphonates are used to fight osteoporosis and for treating
malignancies. In 2003, the first case reports appeared that described bisphosphonate …