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EAugust

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You have recently diagnosed a male with osteoporosis. In addition to supplementation with calcium and vitamin D, what other pharmacological treatment should you recommend?
 a. biphosphonates
  b. estrogen
  c. SERM
  d. testosterone

Question 2

Cigarette smokers are more likely to have an increased risk of poor bone health for all of the following reasons except:
 a. tobacco smoke decreases intestinal calcium absorption.
  b. nicotine is toxic to osteoblasts.
  c. cadmium is toxic to osteoblasts.
  d. both nicotine and cadmium inhibit osteoclasts.


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elizabethrperez

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Reply #1 on: Aug 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d


EAugust

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Reply 2 on: Aug 20, 2018
Excellent

gcook

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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