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Treatment Guidelines
This section links to the external websites of a variety of independent medical associations or organizations that have developed or currently support relevant treatment guidelines. These treatment guidelines are generally intended for health care providers. Although they describe recommended courses of intervention, they are not intended to serve as a substitute for the clinical judgment of a health care provider caring for individual patients.
Merck does not review or control the content of these websites or treatment guidelines; therefore, this link does not constitute an endorsement by Merck of the content of any of these websites or treatment guidelines.
The key treatment guidelines for osteoporosis can be found at the following sites:
National Osteoporosis Foundation: Physician's guide to prevention and treatment
of osteoporosis. 1999.
http://www.nof.org/
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist (AACE) clinical practice guidelines
for the prevention and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Endocrine Practice
2001 Jul-Aug;7(4):293-312.
http://www.aace.com/
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Osteoporosis Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapy. JAMA
2001 Feb 14;285(6):785-795.
http://health.nih.gov/result.asp/488/27
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