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  • What's your risk of an adverse effect of long-term bisphosphonate therapy?
  • Of most concern, however, is that long-term bisphosphonate users can develop rare and unusual fractures in the thigh bone, or femur.
  • However, as these new studies point out, more research is needed to clarify the effects of long-term bisphosphonate use on bone quality.
  • "Recent research suggests that suppressed bone remodeling from long-term bisphosphonate use might result in brittle bone that is prone to atypical fractures," said Gladnick.
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