Challenges in the Screening and Management of Osteoporosis.

N C Med J

director, Division of Family Medicine, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, North Carolina; associate professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Published: July 2018

Osteoporosis imposes a significant burden of morbidity, mortality, and cost on patients and the health care system. Compliance with existing screening and treatment recommendations is low. There are multiple barriers to treatment including complexity of medical management, cost of medications, real and perceived side effects of medications, and nonadherence.

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