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Tue 07 Jul 2008Specialists play down risk of jaw condition
SPECIALISTS IN the Republic have played down fears that a drug commonly used in the treatment of osteoporosis (thinning of the bone) can cause severe jaw problems.
In an editorial in the current issue of the Irish Medical Journal, consultant rheumatologists in Galway and Dublin say the risk of osteonecrosis of the jaw as a result of taking bisphosphonates is "very small".
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