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Use of anti-osteoporotic drugs in central Norway after a forearm fracture

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Summary

Use of anti-osteoporotic drugs (AOD) the first year after a forearm fracture in central Norway was low in the period 2005–2012. Women with fractures used more AOD compared to the general population only in 2006, 2007, and 2011. Female gender, age ≥ 60 years, use of glucocorticosteroids, or ≥ 4 different drugs were associated with AOD use.

Purpose

The primary aim of this study was to examine time trends in prevalence and incidence of AOD use the first year after a forearm fracture from 2005–2012. Further, secondary aims were to investigate if gender, the number of drugs used before fracture, or use of glucocorticoids influenced the prescription of AOD, and to examine adherence to AOD.

Methods

Data is from the fracture registry in Nord-Trøndelag and the Norwegian Prescription database, including women (N = 1434) and men (N = 513) 40–84 years with their first forearm fracture between 2005 and 2012. AOD were defined as bisphosphonates, teriparatide, denosumab, and raloxifene. Prevalence and incidence were calculated, and prevalent use among women with forearm fracture was compared with the population in Nord-Trøndelag and Norway. Age-adjusted Poisson regression analyses for time trends and odds ratio for treatment with AOD was estimated. Adherence was defined as medication possession ratio ≥ 80 %.

Results

The first year after the fracture, 11.2 % of the women and 2.7 % of the men were prevalent users, while 5.1 % and 1.2 %, respectively, were incident users of AOD. Bisphosphonates comprised 98.8 %. AOD use among women with fractures was significantly higher compared to the general population in Nord-Trøndelag only in 2006, 2007, and 2011. There was a trend towards a decline in AOD use among women with fractures from 2005 to 2012 (coefficient −0.05, p = 0.15). Female gender, age ≥ 60 years, use of glucocorticosteroids, or ≥ 4 different drugs the last year before fracture were associated with AOD use.

In women, 54.8 % were adherent during 3 years after fracture.

Conclusions

The use of AOD after a forearm fracture was low. An increased focus on osteoporosis in fracture patients is needed for secondary fracture prevention.

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Acknowledgments

The Fracture Register in Nord-Trøndelag was established by The Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust. The work was supported by the Liaison Committee between the Central Norway Regional Health Authority (RHA) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Conflicts of interests

BA has received research grants from or served as a principal investigator in studies funded by Novartis, Nycomed/Takeda, NPS Pharmaceuticals, and Amgen. US has received research grants from or served as a principal investigator in studies conducted by Amgen, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Merck, and Wyeth pharmaceuticals. MH, SS, HM, AJS, AL, and BS have no disclosures.

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  1. Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, PB 8905, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Mari Hoff, Arnulf Langhammer & Berit Schei

  2. Department of Rheumatology, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

    Mari Hoff

  3. Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

    Svetlana Skurtveit, Haakon E. Meyer & Anne Johanne Søgaard

  4. Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Svetlana Skurtveit

  5. Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Haakon E. Meyer

  6. Department of Endocrinology, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

    Unni Syversen

  7. Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Unni Syversen

  8. Research Centre for Ageing and Osteoporosis, Department of Medicine, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark

    Bo Abrahamsen

  9. Odense Patient Data Explorative Network, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

    Bo Abrahamsen

  10. Department of Gynecology, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

    Berit Schei

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Hoff, M., Skurtveit, S., Meyer, H.E. et al. Use of anti-osteoporotic drugs in central Norway after a forearm fracture. Arch Osteoporos 10, 30 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-015-0235-2

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