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Management of patients with Paget's disease: a consensus document of the Belgian Bone Club.
Devogelaer, Jean-Pierre; Bergmann, Pierre; Body, Jean-Jacques et al.
2008In Osteoporosis International, 19 (8), p. 1109-17
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Keywords :
Bone Density Conservation Agents/therapeutic use; Diagnosis, Differential; Diphosphonates/therapeutic use; Drug Administration Schedule; Humans; Imidazoles/therapeutic use; Osteitis Deformans/diagnosis/drug therapy/epidemiology; Treatment Outcome
Abstract :
[en] Paget's disease of bone (PDB) is a potentially crippling condition. Pain, fracture, spinal stenosis, nerve entrapment, vascular steal syndrome, secondary osteoarthritis, bone deformity, dental problems, deafness, excessive bleeding during orthopaedic surgery, rare sarcomatous degeneration, and hypercalcaemia constitute complications that may impair the quality of life. The therapeutic approach varies from symptomatic (analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs) to more specific drugs such as increasingly potent bisphosphonates. Studies such as the PRISM study should in the future help to determine the superiority or not of aggressive treatment over symptomatic treatment in the prevention of complications. Various oral and/or intravenous (i.v.) bisphosphonates have been tested and are currently on the market. The most recently available nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate, i.v. zoledronic acid, is the most potent therapy available for the treatment of PDB. Its therapeutic efficacy, its long-term effect on biologic activity and its good tolerance currently supports its use as a first-line therapeutic option in patients suffering from PDB.
Disciplines :
General & internal medicine
Author, co-author :
Devogelaer, Jean-Pierre
Bergmann, Pierre
Body, Jean-Jacques
Boutsen, Y.
Goemaere, S.
Kaufman, J.-M.
Reginster, Jean-Yves  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Epidémiologie et santé publique
Rozenberg, S.
Boonen, S.
Language :
English
Title :
Management of patients with Paget's disease: a consensus document of the Belgian Bone Club.
Publication date :
2008
Journal title :
Osteoporosis International
ISSN :
0937-941X
eISSN :
1433-2965
Publisher :
Springer Science & Business Media B.V., Godalming, United Kingdom
Volume :
19
Issue :
8
Pages :
1109-17
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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