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Internal Medicine • Rheumatology • Osteoporosis • Endocrinology • Bone and Calcium Disorders
Do you recommend adjusting the duration of a drug holiday based on the specific bisphosphonate used when treating osteoporosis?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
If there has been a satisfactory response, the drug holiday for alendronate can be 2 years while zoledronic acid, which is more tightly bound to bone, can be stopped for three years.
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