Screening for and treating osteoporosis should be routine in the management of microscopic colitis, but is not, a recent study shows.
Almost half of the patients in one of the largest registries of microscopic colitis had never been evaluated for bone density even prior to initiating treatment with corticosteroids, the researchers found.
“Eighty-two percent of patients with available bone density evaluations were found to have a significant degree of bone loss, fulfilling criteria for