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By Melinda Smith
Washington, D.C.
02 January 2007
 
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A basic tenet often associated with the practice of medicine is that physicians ‘do no harm.'  But even with the best intentions, sometimes a drug prescribed for one ailment 1 can cause other problems. One example is a side effect of a popular class of drugs used for acid reflux disease.  A new study shows a significant percentage of older patients taking this kind of drug are at risk of fracturing a hip 2.


Acid reflux disease commonly affects millions of people. Most are elderly.  Sufferers often complain of heartburn and a sour taste caused by the backup of stomach acid in the throat.  Changes in the diet and a reduction of stress can usually help alleviate 3 the pain.  Yet sometimes the only relief comes from a pill.  In the United States, Nexium, Prilosec, and Prevacid are three popular brand names of a class of drugs called proton pump inhibitors.


A recent study of thousands of people in Britain over the age of 50 indicates that this kind of medication can also increase the risk of a hip fracture. Researchers found that after more than a year on the drug, patients were likely to have a 44 percent higher risk of hip fracture than patients who did not take the drug.  Patients who took stronger doses of the medication were three times more likely to experience fractures than those who did not.


The scientists concluded that while the drug may help reduce the amount of stomach acid, it also affects the way the body absorbs calcium 4, which is needed for bone density 5. The study recommends that doctors prescribe the lowest dose of a proton pump inhibitor, as well as a calcium supplement.


For millions of women worried about osteoporosis and possible bone fractures, there is good news about a drug called alendronate.  Alendronate is also known by the brand name Fosamax. 


A study, paid for by the drug's manufacturer, was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.  It says alendronate helps build bone strength even years after women stopped taking it. 


Fifty-eight-year-old Judy Sheridan began taking the drug when a bone test showed signs of osteoporosis. "It is helping 6 me because I've had a follow-up test a couple years after I started, and my bone strength had improved," she says


Dennis Black of the University of California at San Francisco says the study answers the question of how long it is safe to take the drug: "The drug was safe to use for as long as ten years.  We didn't see any negative effects of long-term use."


Dr. Black says women in the study who had taken alendronate for five years were then randomly 7 assigned five more years of the drug or a placebo 8. While there was some bone loss among those who took the sugar pill, fracture rates among both groups of women were basically unchanged. 


"…Suggesting that for many women, they may be able to discontinue alendronate after five years and still maintain a five-year additional fracture benefit," says Black.


One note of caution from researchers:  women who have already had fractures are at risk for breaking another bone and probably should not stop taking the drug.



n.疾病,小病
  • I don't have even the slightest ailment.我什么毛病也没有。
  • He got timely treatment for his ailment.他的病得到了及时治疗。
n.臀部,髋;屋脊
  • The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
  • The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
v.减轻,缓和,缓解(痛苦等)
  • The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。
  • Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
n.钙(化学符号Ca)
  • We need calcium to make bones.我们需要钙来壮骨。
  • Calcium is found most abundantly in milk.奶含钙最丰富。
n.密集,密度,浓度
  • The population density of that country is 685 per square mile.那个国家的人口密度为每平方英里685人。
  • The region has a very high population density.该地区的人口密度很高。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
adv.随便地,未加计划地
  • Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼热的气体燃烧室内,分子在各个方向上作无规运动。 来自辞典例句
  • Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 转化细胞则不大贴壁、圆缩并呈杂乱分布。 来自辞典例句
n.安慰剂;宽慰话
  • The placebo has been found to work with a lot of different cases.人们已发现安慰剂能在很多不同的病例中发挥作用。
  • The placebo effect refers to all the observable behaviors caused by placebo.安慰剂效应是指由安慰剂所引起的可观察的行为。
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artificial dielectric
autonomous potentials
balenciagas
balmaseda
Belenus
bird-dogs
blackfellers
Bodenwerder
botraille
burnable absorber
C. E. D.
cabinlift
Calcimar
cannabidiolic acid
cast ewe
centineo
cinnamyl cinnamate
Cirat
clausocalanus furcatus
compound extract
Congo franc
containment annulus
continuous muller
cordesman
corrector loop
cristine
critical volumn
crossword puzzle
crowstons
cruisegoer
cylindrical grinder with wide grinding wheel
dc cable
dealigning
Dhofar
diploma of graduation
Doctyl
drosses
eleemosynar
embedment depth
end burner
end-of-excerpt
Esenguly
extra-hard cold work
feigl
field discharge protection
folliculosebaceous cystic hamartoma
foredoomed
Frankfort on the Main
globosities
gluceth
go to great ends
goldleaf electrometer
ground power
hardening modulus
Hoya multiflora
hypochordal arch
I-FI
immediate execution mode
in bonded system
interphase exchange coefficient
introitus vaginarum
Iranianise
kangaroo system
learning counseling
Li Shizhen
lithophyl
malonyl urea
methylacryloyl-
nonallegorical
partial double hull boat
pearlite (perlite)
peppernel
preparative layer chromatography
quartz exhalite
ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter
rector
regional degeneration
removal of impurities from station circuit
rod cluster control changing fixture
runaway chain reaction
scare-fly
scrimpings
sculptural relief
self respect
sergeancies
sharklet
sinusoidal projection
sporas
spring for rocker shaft
start-stop pattern
susanas
switching signal
taking me out
threshing time
Titov Seamount
Toundourou
tunnelway
unselfconsciously
versus analysis
visualisers
waterperries
wide angled lens