Researchers Puzzled by Role of Osteoporosis Drug in Rare Thighbone Fractures
By GINA KOLATA
Published: March 24, 2010
The case reports first surfaced about two years ago and they were frightening. A few orthopedists reported that women taking osteoporosis drugs to prevent broken bones were showing up with rare and serious fractures of their thighbones. The bone was snapping like a twig, sometimes splintering. Often there was no trauma, like a serious fall, to bring it on.
Read more... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/health/25bone.html
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