Do you treat hypercalciuria in post menopausal osteoporosis with normal serum calcium and PTH?
Answer from: at Community Practice
I ABSOLUTELY recommend treating! This is the sine qua non of secondary osteoporosis with the osteoporosis being a direct consequence of the underlying hypercalciuria. Thiazides are great in this setting. I use chlorthalidone in preference to HCTZ because it has a longer half-life and can be used onc...
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at Logan Health Endocrinology And Infectious Disease I frequently observe that patients on thiazide diu...
at University of Missouri School of Medicine I agree with Dr. Blank, hypercalciuria should be p...
I agree it is imperative to check for and treat any secondary causes of low bone mass. I often find hypercalciuria (in patients not taking excessive oral calcium) but in cases without secondary hyperparathyroidism, I have not seen great improvements with Thiazides.
Do you use iPTH as a means to d...
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at Milwaukee Va Medical Center A couple of points in response: First, I do this i...
at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center I was referring to secondary hyperparathyroidism f...
at Alaska Kidney And Diabetes Associates I am not aware of any fracture outcome data using ...
I frequently observe that patients on thiazide diu...
I agree with Dr. Blank, hypercalciuria should be p...