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Osteoporosis drugs 'vastly underused'. (Only 20% Got TX After his Fracture).
SAN ANTONIO -- Drug treatments for osteoporosis are "vastly underused," Dr. Daniel H. Solomon said at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research,
He and his associates found that in 1999, about 20% of the elderly people in New Hampshire who had a hip fracture were subsequently treated for osteoporosis.
Although this treatment rate jumped from 7% in 1995, incident fractures continued to have "a surprisingly small effect on the likelihood that a person would get a prescription" for a drug to treat osteoporosis, said Dr. Solomon, who is the director of health services research in the division of pharma-coepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.
The study, which was presented in poster form at the meeting, included data collected during 1995-1999 by the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly (PACE), a pharmacy benefits program for low-to-moderate income elderly residents of New Hampshire.
The researchers also used data on fractures and other health claims information that were abstracted from Medicare files.
During the study period, 14,889 New Hampshire residents aged ...
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- Newspaper article from: Drug Week December 5, 2003 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 11, 2003 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Biotech Business Week December 8, 2003 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Popular Science Wallich, Paul June 1, 2003 700+ words
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- New Hampshire's top business lawyers.(LAW)
- Magazine article from: New Hampshire Business Review October 10, 2008 700+ words
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- New Hampshire Savings Bank Corp. and First Federal Bank, FSB of Nashua to...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 14, 1987 700+ words
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- New Hampshire Yankee submits filing to satisfy final low power requirement.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 28, 1989 700+ words
NEW HAMPSHIRE YANKEE SUBMITS FILING TO SATISFY FINAL...H., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- New Hampshire Yankee, the management company for...issuance of a low-power license. New Hampshire Yankee President Edward A. Brown...