Volume 77, Number 8
How to prevent glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
1. Which statement about glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis is the most accurate?
- Glucocorticoids cause osteoporosis mainly by indirectly inhibiting calcium absorption, causing secondary hyperparathyroidism
- Glucocorticoids cause osteoporosis mainly by reducing bone formation
- Glucocorticoids cause osteoporosis mainly by decreasing levels of estrogen, testosterone, and adrenal androgen
- Patients taking 5 mg or more of prednisone or its equivalent daily have an increased risk of fracture after 3 to 6 months, and the fracture risk does not decline to baseline after glucocorticoids are discontinued
- Inhaled glucocorticoids cause osteoporosis to the same extent as oral glucocorticoids
