For which patient who has severe osteoporosis
is a drug from the bisphosphonate class of drug a better choice of therapy than a drug from the estrogen agonist/antagonist class?
a. 40-year-old premenopausal woman who engages in aerobic exercise daily.
b. 64-year-old woman who takes hormone replacement therapy for hypothyroidism.
c. 70-year-old woman who is 3 weeks postoperative from a total abdominal hysterectomy.
d. 80-year-old woman who has had a stroke and must use a walker for all ambulation.
ANS: A
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