Osteoporosis treatment benefits patients over 80 years old health

A new study recommended giving people over the age of 80 years to treat osteoporosis after a fracture to avoid more health complications. Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become weak and prone to breakage.

The study was conducted by researchers from Cleveland Clinic in the United States, and its results were presented on Saturday, July 12 at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Association in San Francisco, California, in the United States and wrote about Yurrick Alier.

“The burden of osteoporosis is increasing with the increasing ages of the world’s population quickly, and our study supports the start of treating osteoporosis after a fracture in people over the age of 80, as it has been proven that it reduces hospitalization and death rate,” said Dr. Gianna Flaco, a doctor residing in Cleveland Clinic in the United States and researcher participating in the study.

Gianna and her colleagues have used a database of health research to study more than 88,000 patients aged 80 years and more who had a fracture due to bone deterioration or weakness caused by osteoporosis.

Patients divided into two groups, the first group included 44,000 patients treated with osteoporosis drugs such as bisphosphones, dinosumab, ralaxyvin, and turburatide, while the second group included the same number of patients, but it included patients who did not receive any treatment for osteoporosis.

Patients were followed up for 5 years after they were broken, and the study took into account accompanying diseases, including high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, heart failure, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, tumors, and vitamin D deficiency.

The risk of patients in the treatment group has decreased to the hospital, and death rates for all causes decreased.

Gianna indicated that the burden of osteoporosis is expected to increase in the future. She added, “The results of our study supports the need to enhance the start of the treatment of osteoporosis, even for those over the age of 80.” And she continued: “Treating people to reduce the burden of osteoporosis complications, such as fractures that lead to disability or death, would play an important role in improving health in the elderly.”