Drug Reduces Fractures and Death after Hip Fracture

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Uploaded by on Sep 20, 2007

A study of 2,127 patients who received the drug zoledronic acid (trade name Reclast) within 90 days of surgery for a hip fracture had a 28 percent reduction in death and were 35 percent less likely to suffer another fracture. Patients were followed for an average of 1.9 years. About 25 percent of the patients studied were men.

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