Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2020, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (33): 5385-5390.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2338

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Prevention and sequential therapies combined with drugs for postmenopausal osteoporosis

Sun Guoping1, Luo Xuanxiang2, Pan Bin2   

  1. 1Nanjing Gaochun People’s Hospital, Nanjing 211300, Jiangsu Province, China; 2Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221000, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Received:2020-02-25 Revised:2020-02-29 Accepted:2020-03-21 Online:2020-11-28 Published:2020-10-14
  • Contact: Luo Xuanxiang, Physician, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221000, Jiangsu Province, China
  • About author:Sun Guoping, Associate chief pharmacist, Nanjing Gaochun People’s Hospital, Nanjing 211300, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81801213

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: In postmenopausal women, a rapid increase in bone resorption due to decreased estrogen levels leads to an imbalance between bone resorption and bone formation, increasing the risk of osteoporosis and associated fractures. However, current clinical interventions are not sufficient to inhibit long-term bone loss

and increased risk of fracture. In recent years, it has become an inevitable trend to treat postmenopausal osteoporosis with timely and effective prevention and sequential combination of anti-osteoporosis drugs.

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the literature on the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis and the anti-osteoporosis drug therapy, and introduce the progress of the clinical preventive measures and the common anti-osteoporosis drug combination sequential treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

METHODS: The author retrieved the relevant articles in CNKI, Wanfang and PubMed databases from January 2009 to December 2019 in January 2020. The search words were “postmenopausal osteoporosis, prevention, drug therapy, medication” in Chinese and English respectively. Finally, 41 articles were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria for analysis and discussion.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Postmenopausal women should receive the test of bone mineral density and osteoporosis was prevented by changes in diet and lifestyle to reduce the risk of fractures. (2) Compared with single drugs, combination with sequential therapies can be more effective in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, which has far-reaching significance for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Key words: bone, postmenopausal, osteoporosis, fracture, prevention, drugs

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