{"id":2526396,"date":"2020-05-06T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T21:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/?p=2526396"},"modified":"2023-03-16T06:20:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T11:20:16","slug":"drugs-causing-osteoporosis-mnemonic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/drugs-causing-osteoporosis-mnemonic\/","title":{"rendered":"Mnemonic for drugs causing osteoporosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of medications that have been associated with osteoporosis. These include corticosteroids, anticonvulsants, proton pump inhibitors, and heparin. While these medications can be quite effective in treating the conditions they are intended for, they can also have a negative impact on bone health. In particular, they can reduce bone density and increase the risk of fractures.<\/p>\n<p>There are several drugs associated with osteoporosis, which can be easily remembered using the mnemonic <strong>&#8220;CAPTURES&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Osteoporosis-and-mechanism-of-action-of-drugs-infographic.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1719px) 100vw, 1719px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Osteoporosis-and-mechanism-of-action-of-drugs-infographic.png 1719w, https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Osteoporosis-and-mechanism-of-action-of-drugs-infographic-300x268.png 300w, https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Osteoporosis-and-mechanism-of-action-of-drugs-infographic-768x687.png 768w, https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Osteoporosis-and-mechanism-of-action-of-drugs-infographic-1536x1373.png 1536w, https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Osteoporosis-and-mechanism-of-action-of-drugs-infographic-624x558.png 624w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1719\" height=\"1537\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Drugs causing osteoporosis<\/h2>\n<p>A mnemonic for the metabolic syndrome is &#8220;CAPTURES&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAPTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>C : Corticosteroids (prednisone) promote bone resorption<\/li>\n<li>A : Aromatase inhibitors (letrozole)<\/li>\n<li>P : Proton pump inhibitors (omeprazole) reduce calcium absorption.<\/li>\n<li>T : Thiazolidinediones (pioglitazone)<\/li>\n<li>U : \u00a0Unfractionated Heparin<\/li>\n<li>R : Rejection drugs (cyclosporine and tacrolimus)<\/li>\n<li>E : Excessive ETOH (Alcohol), Epilepsy Medications (phenytoin)<\/li>\n<li>S : Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (fluoxetine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Infographic for this mnemonic<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/OSTEO-DRUG-CAUSES-1.png\">Download <\/a>a higher resolution version of this infographic<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/osteoporosis_drugs_mnemonic.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"1cd17bd\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"osteoporosis_drugs_mnemonic\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Mnemonic for drugs causing osteoporosis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/osteoporosis_drugs_mnemonic.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/osteoporosis_drugs_mnemonic.jpg 667w, https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/osteoporosis_drugs_mnemonic-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/osteoporosis_drugs_mnemonic-624x858.jpg 624w\" alt=\"Mnemonic for drugs causing osteoporosis\" width=\"640\" height=\"880\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2526697\" \/><\/a>Mnemonic for drugs causing osteoporosis<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mazziotti G, Canalis E, Giustina A. Drug-induced osteoporosis: mechanisms and clinical implications.<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.amjmed.2010.02.028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Am J Med. 2010 Oct;123(10):877-84.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Panday K, Gona A, Humphrey MB. Medication-induced osteoporosis: screening and treatment strategies. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1759720x14546350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2014 Oct;6(5):185-202.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Images(s) Courtesy<\/h2>\n<p>MyEndoConsult<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of medications that have been associated with osteoporosis. These include corticosteroids, anticonvulsants, proton pump inhibitors, and heparin. While these medications can be quite effective in treating the conditions they are intended for, they can also have a negative impact on bone health. In particular, they can reduce bone density and increase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2526396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mnemonics","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2526396"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4416080,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526396\/revisions\/4416080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2526396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2526396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myendoconsult.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2526396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}