Osteoporosis medicines might offer help for chronic pain after injury or surgery

A systematic review and meta-analysis has found that bisphosphonates—medicines commonly used to treat osteoporosis—may offer short-term pain relief for people with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), but the benefits are uncertain beyond the short term and side effects are likely. The study, the largest analysis of a CRPS treatment to date, is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

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