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Pharmacological Approaches to Prevent or Reverse Bone Loss in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury

Pharmacological Approaches to Prevent or Reverse Bone Loss in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury | May 19th, 2022 Mount Sinai SCI was pleased to provide a virtual presentation that addressed the topic of the marked bone loss that occurs after immobilization in people with Spinal Cord Injuries, with a focus on the drug approaches to this difficult clinical problem. Dr. William A. Bauman, an internist/endocrinologist at the James J Peters VA Medical Center and Mount Sinai Hospital, and Director of the National Center for the Medical Consequences of Spinal Cord Injury, spoke on the rapid bone loss that ensues below the level of lesion after acute SCI, the subsequent heightened risk of fracture, and provided a review of the literature on pharmacological approaches to treat osteoporosis in SCI. In addition, ongoing studies to prevent bone loss after acute SCI or reverse bone loss in chronic SCI were presented, followed by a Q&A session.