According to the NOF guidelines, pharmacologic treatment for osteoporosis should be initiated in postmenopausal women and men ≥ 50 years of age with low bone mass (T-score between -1.0 and -2.5, osteopenia) at the femoral neck, total hip, or lumbar spine by DEXA; and in patients with a 10-year hip fracture probability rate ≥ 3%, based on the US-adapted WHO absolute fracture risk model.
Other indications for pharmacologic therapy include hip or vertebral fractures or T-scores ≤ -2.5 at the femoral neck, total hip, or lumbar spine by DEXA.
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