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What is the treatment for brittle bone disease?
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Symtomtic treatment: We have to treat people according the fractures they have.
Answered 12/26/2022
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Depends: Primary therapy for brittle bone disease (also known as osteogenesis imperfecta or oi) is physical therapy for fractures with adequate calcium and vitamin d intake. For more severe cases, a class of medicines known as bisphosphonates is used. These medications given intravenously or orally can decrease fracture rates and reduce bone pain. Careful management by an orthopedist, endocrinologist impt.
Answered 2/13/2019
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