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To the Editor: The prospect of a quick fix for the problem of postmenopausal osteoporosis by means of intermittent administration of intravenous bisphosphonate is exciting. Reid et al. (Feb. 28 issue)¹ report that bone mineral density was increased for up to one year after intermittent intravenous therapy with zoledronic acid. The authors do not discuss the rate of nonvertebral fractures, which, if anything, was higher in the treated group than in the placebo group. The authors do point out that all the women in their study had base-line bone-mineral-density values that were high enough that therapy would not have been . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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