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SAN FRANCISCO -- One in four women identified as having an incident vertebral fracture in a large osteoporosis trial broke another bone within a year, it was reported at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology.
Dr. Russell T. Burge and associates followed subjects assigned to the placebo arm of the phase III Vertebral Efficacy With Risedronate Therapy and Hip Intervention Program studies to evaluate risk of fracture in women who had an incident vertebral fracture at the time of enrollment.
Of 381 women, 26% had fractures of the hip/pelvis, vertebrae, wrist, or humerus / leg ...