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Published on: January 29, 2018
Bone mineral density response to antiosteoporotic drugs in older depressed adults
Eyyup Murat Efendioglu1, Ahmet Cigiloglu2, Ercument Ozturk3
1Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Gaziantep University, Sahinbey, 27100, Gaziantep, Turkey. eefendioglu@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Until now, studies did not evaluate the efficacy of antiosteoporotic agents in depressed patients. We demonstrate that the presence of depression and/or serotonergic antidepressant use was associated with non-response to osteoporosis treatment in older adults.
Purpose:
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of depression and antidepressants on bone mineral density (BMD) and response to antiosteoporotic agents in older adults.
Methods:
A total of 198 participants with osteoporosis, aged 65 and over, were included in this retrospective study. BMD was measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scanning at baseline and month 24.
Results:
Eighty-three of the 198 patients had a diagnosis of depression, and all were serotonergic antidepressant users. Baseline BMD was similar in depressed and non-depressed patients. Lumbar spine BMD change was significantly lower in depressed patients than non-depressed patients (2.89% and 4.85%, respectively, p < 0.001). In addition, of those receiving denosumab treatment, depressed ones had lower lumbar spine BMD changes. Depression and/or antidepressant use was an independent variable for non-response to osteoporosis treatment in both the femoral neck (p = 0.008, OR = 2.61) and lumbar spine (p = 0.015, OR = 6.87), while alendronate and zoledronic acid were independent variables for non-response in the femoral neck and total femur compared to denosumab.
Conclusions:
Our study has shown that the presence of depression and/or serotonergic antidepressant use was associated with non-response to osteoporosis treatment in older adults. The results of our study may guide physicians to make treatment decisions in older individuals with depression.
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