Describe the treatment for osteomalacia.
What will be an ideal response?
Persons age 65 years and older are at increased risk of osteomalacia due to diets low in calcium and vitamin D, a lack of sun exposure, decreased efficiency in synthesizing vitamin D when exposed to sunlight, and increased incidence of intestinal malabsorption problems. The treatment of osteomalacia should address the underlying causes. Effective treatment of vitamin D deficiency may require a multivitamin providing as much as 20 ?g of vitamin D per day. Calcium intake should be adequate and may require a supplement providing as much as 1500–2000 mg of elemental calcium per day. Patients with documented vitamin D deficiency may initially require pharmacologic doses of up to 50,000 IU per week for 3–12 weeks, followed by maintenance therapy of 800 IU per day. Patients taking drugs that accelerate hepatic breakdown of vitamin D and those with intestinal malabsorption problems will require vitamin D in doses much greater than the RDA. Patients with liver or kidney diseases that prevent the activation of vitamin D into its biologically active form will require a form of vitamin D that is already biologically active, such as calcitriol.
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