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In Thursday's USA Today is this article:

"Osteoporosis Drug Can Work for 10 Years

The widely used osteoporosis drug Fosamax continues to strengthen bones for
at least a decade, a study finds.  Results ease fears that the drug might
eventually boomerang and start making hips and spines brittle and prone to
break.  The 10-year study is the longest test yet of Fosamax, known
generically as alendronate.  It has grown quickly in popularity as an
alternative to hormone supplements, which have been linked to heart disease
and cancer.  Results of the study, which involved 247 middle-aged and
elderly women with postmenopausal osteoporosis, appear in today's 'New
England Journal of Medicine'.  The research was backed by the maker of
Fosamax, Merck & Co."

This is good news for those of us celiacs who are or have been on Fosamax
for osteoporosis.

Betty/Fort Worth, TX

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