Via practica 6/2014

Osteoporosis in men

Osteoporosis in men is a condition with an ever-increasing incidence. In spite of numerous specific features of the male skeleton and its development throughout life, both the diagnostic and therapeutic criteria are derived from the approach to osteoporosis in women. Men with proximal femoral fracture have a very significantly worse prognosis than women in this clinical situation. In men, it is always necessary to very carefully search for possible secondary causes of the disease. In therapeutic terms, data and approval for the treatment of male osteoporosis are available for substantially fewer products than in the case of osteoporosis in women. Most recently, since this year, the use of strontium ranelate has been approved for the treatment of osteoporosis in men.

Keywords: osteoporosis in men, diagnosis, treatment.