Successful treatment of low turnover osteoporosis resulting from prolonged reserpine therapy with intermittent calcitonin and phosphate therapy
✍ Scribed by Reina C. Armamento-Villareal; Louis V. Avioli
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 238 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-0827
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✦ Synopsis
Coherence therapy, popularly known by the acronym ADFR (Activate, Depress, Free, Repeat), was designed to increase bone mass in osteopenic patients. Accordingly, we report a case of a hypogonadal male with histologically proven low bone turnover osteoporosis and a progressive vertebral fracture syndrome, who responded favorably to ADFR treatment with the use of salmon calcitonin and inorganic phosphate. Dramatic increments in bone mass were observed during a 68-month period of therapy. Serial quantitative computerized tomography demonstrated a 146% increase from baseline in bone mineral density for the first 30 months of treatment, and dual energy radiography yielded a 36.5% increase for the subsequent 31-68 months. Furthermore, no episode of fracture occurred since coherence therapy was initiated.