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. 2012 Aug 2;2012:747020. doi: 10.1155/2012/747020

Table 1.

Secondary factors of osteoporosis.

Drug
 Aluminium
 Anticonvulsants (phenobarbital, phenytoin)
 Antidepressants
 Aromatase Inhibitors
 Cytotoxic drugs
 Glitazones (antidiabetic agent)
 Glucocorticosteroids and adrenocorticotropin
 Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists
 Heparin
 Immunosuppressants
 Lithium
 Loop diuretics
 Proton-pump inhibitor
 Thyroxine
Endocrine Disorders
 Hyperparathyroidism
 Hyperthyroidism
Immobilization
Inflammation
 Rheumatoid arthritis
 Inflammatory bowel disease
 Ankylosing spondylitis
Other factors
 Alcoholism
 Coeliac disease
 Gastrectomy
 Prostate cancer therapy

(Source: National Osteoporosis Foundation 2003 [16], Kok and Sambrook 2009 [17]).