NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 26 – In women with osteopenia related to anorexia nervosa, treatment with an oral contraceptive (OC) plus recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-1 (rhIGF-I) increases bone density, Dr. Steven Grinspoon and colleagues from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have found.
“This is the first study to suggest a potentially useful strategy using estrogen in combination with anabolic bone forming hormones such as IGF-I” in patients with anorexia and bone loss, Dr. Grinspoon told Reuters Health.
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