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Calcium and Vitamin D supplementation are essential to bone health and the management of osteopenia and osteoporosis. In the past few years, information regarding the potential risks of too much calcium (such as cardiovascular disease and/or events) have been emerging. Â
Using an article from a medical journal, evaluate and discuss the risks and benefits of calcium supplementation for a patient with a bone disease.
What would you recommend for is a 59-year-old postmenopausal woman with a T-score of − 2.3. Her past medical history is significant for low-trauma hip fracture 2 years prior, but otherwise healthy. Her current medications include a multivitamin with additional calcium and vitamin D. Her family history is remarkable for a mother who had osteoporosis and died of breast cancer and a father who has diabetes
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PHARM NSG 533