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September 08, 2011

FDA Panel to Weigh the Fate of Popular Osteoporosis Drugs

Loyola Physician Available to Comment on Outcome

WHAT: Women who take a common class of osteoporosis drugs to prevent hip and spine fractures may actually need to limit treatment or take a break from this popular therapy, because these drugs can cause fractures in the thigh bones and tissue decay in the jaw bone. The Food and Drug Administration will review this issue Friday when the agency convenes an advisory panel to make recommendations on bisphosphonates.
Researchers at Loyola University Health System have studied bisphosphonates and found that bone density remains stable for three years in patients who take a break or drug holiday from these treatments. A Loyola physician is available to comment on this research and weigh in on the advisory panel outcome.
MEDIA:    To interview a Loyola physician, please call Nora Plunkett in Loyola Media Relations, (708) 216-6268.

Loyola University Health System (LUHS) is a member of Trinity Health. Based in the western suburbs of Chicago, LUHS is a quaternary care system with a 61-acre main medical center campus, the 36-acre Gottlieb Memorial Hospital campus and more than 30 primary and specialty care facilities in Cook, Will and DuPage counties. The medical center campus is conveniently located in Maywood, 13 miles west of the Chicago Loop and 8 miles east of Oak Brook, Ill. The heart of the medical center campus, Loyola University Hospital, is a 569-licensed-bed facility. It houses a Level 1 Trauma Center, a Burn Center and the Ronald McDonald® Children’s Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center. Also on campus are the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola Outpatient Center, Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine and Loyola Oral Health Center as well as the LUC Stritch School of Medicine, the LUC Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the Loyola Center for Fitness. Loyola's Gottlieb campus in Melrose Park includes the 264-licensed-bed community hospital, the Professional Office Building housing 150 private practice clinics, the Adult Day Care, the Gottlieb Center for Fitness, Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care and the Loyola Cancer Care & Research at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center at Melrose Park.

MEDIA RELATIONS

Nora Plunkett

Media Relations

(708) 216-6268

nplunkett@lumc.edu
Anne Dillon

Media Relations

(708) 216-8232

adillon@lumc.edu