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PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS:
Consensus Statements from the Scientific Advisory
Board of the Osteoporosis Society of Canada
7. Fluoride therapy for osteoporosis [Review]

T M Murray and L G Ste-Marie
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Abstracted from Canadian Medical Association Journal 155 (7) 949-954 1996

New data indicate that fluoride therapy should be re-evaluated as a potentially effective treatment of osteoporosis with minimal side effects. More studies are needed of slow-release fluoride formulations, intermittent treatment schedules and calcium supplementation of fluoride. Studies should be undertaken to see if it is advantageous to initiate treatment with antiresorptive agents before or in combination with fluoride. Conclusive data have not been presented regarding the benefit of any specific type of calcium supplement. Further studies on the basic mechanism of action of fluoride on the skeleton are necessary to evaluate fluoride's potential to stimulate bone formation therapeutically.

Key words: Fluoride therapy, Osteoporosis.
Reprints: Ms Mary Bowyer, Osteoporosis Society of Canada, 33 Laird Drive, Toronto, ON M4G 3S9, Canada.

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