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SUBMITTER: Wells GA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9062986 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wells George A GA Hsieh Shu-Ching SC Zheng Carine C Peterson Joan J Tugwell Peter P Liu Wenfei W
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20220503
<h4>Background</h4>Osteoporosis is an abnormal reduction in bone mass and bone deterioration leading to increased fracture risk. Risedronate belongs to the bisphosphonate class of drugs which act to inhibit bone resorption by interfering with the activity of osteoclasts. This is an update of a Cochrane Review that was originally published in 2003.<h4>Objectives</h4>We assessed the benefits and harms of risedronate in the primary and secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures for postmenopaus ...[more]