To ameliorate corticosteroid-induced bone injury, we administered etidronic acid plus alfacalcidol to five steroid-dependent asthmatics for 4 years and monitored therapeutic responses in ...

Interventions: Oral alendronate 5mg, oral alfacalcidol 1 µg or intranasal calcitonin 200IU daily. Methods: We used the effects on bone mineral density (BMD) in head-to-head trials together with ...