Customized treatment for the prevention of osteoporotic fracture

Abstract

STUDY DESIGN: A review of related literature regarding the prevention of osteoporotic fractures. OBJECTIVES: To discuss the customized treatment and prevention of osteoporotic fracture. SUMMARY OF LITERATURE REVIEW: Various customized treatments for osteoporosis have been discussed. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Review of related literatures. RESULTS: It would be best to individualize medications based on each patient's sex, age, bone density in the spine and hip bones, presence or absence of drug over-use for underlying comorbidities, presence or absence of a gastrointestinal disease, duration of bisphosphonate usage, and presence or absence of an adverse effect, and drug efficacy according to the analysis of follow-up bone density, and compliance. CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacotherapy should be combined with various prophylactic therapies to prevent osteoporotic fractures. Various factors should be considered as well before selecting an osteoporosis medication. Different types of medications may have different effects in their ability to reduce fracture risk in patient with different bone densities and other characteristics.