Bone Abstracts

Long-term use of pharmacological treatments of osteoporosis is currently a controversial subject within the scientific community.The aim of this work was to study the effects produced by a preventive long duration treatment of strontium ranelate and zoledronic acid on bone mass and remodelling when they are administered to ovariectomized rats.Sixty female albino Wistar rats were divided into four groups (n=15): SHAM group ...

Many pharmacological treatments have been developed in order to prevent or treat postmenopausal osteoporosis. There is not any study in the literature comparing long-term treatments of osteoporosis. The aim of this work was to studythe effects of long-term prevention treatment with zoledronic acid (ZA) and strontium ranelate (SrR) on bone microstructure in ovariectomized rats.Sixty 6-month-old female Wistar rats were used in this study and divided into f...