Dr. Martin,Prolia is one of your treatment options that you mentioned. What are the pros and cons of this medication?There are several pros that are related to this treatment option.
Prolia is a convenient treatment, to where a patient can take a shot every six months, twice a year rather than taking a pill every day (Tu et al., 2018).
The patient does not have to worry about any digestive problems since they are not taking oral medication that would cause digestive upset. The cons for this treatment are that it is a new FDA drug that has been approved for less than five years (Tu et al., 2018).
The potential side effects have not been fully discovered from this treatment and Amgen and UCB are poling late-phase data (Tu et al., 2018).
There could be potentially serious side effects that could cause infections,
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