The Effects of Trends in Osteoporosis Treatment on the Incidence of Fractures

Table 2

Chronological changes in the numbers for osteoporosis treatment: oral prescriptions and intravenous or subcutaneous prescriptions.

	Alendronate	Risedronate	Minodronate	SERM
2012	208	19	100	8
2013	145	21	105	14
2014	140	25	105	17
2015	107	33	80	16
2016	72	30	75	16
	Teriparatide (daily)	Teriparatide (weekly)	Alendronate (monthly)	Ibandronate (monthly)	Denosumab (biannually)
2012	22	7	1	0	0
2013	27	5	12	13	0
2014	22	10	11	18	1
2015	31	16	10	31	7
2016	26	24	10	88	28

Adherence to treatment (percentage staying on medication without discontinuation).