Successful treatment of low turnover osteoporosis resulting from prolonged reserpine therapy with intermittent calcitonin and phosphate therapy.

Abstract

Coherence therapy, popularly known by the acronym ADFR (Activate, Depress, Free, Repeat), was designed to increase bone mass in osteopenic patients. Accordingly, we report a case of a hypogonadal male with histologically proven low bone turnover osteoporosis and a progressive vertebral fracture syndrome, who responded favorably to ADFR treatment with the use of salmon calcitonin and inorganic phosphate. Dramatic increments in bone mass were observed during a 68-month period of therapy. Serial quantitative computerized tomography demonstrated a 146% increase from baseline in bone mineral density for the first 30 months of treatment, and dual energy radiography yielded a 36.5% increase for the subsequent 31-68 months. Furthermore, no episode of fracture occurred since coherence therapy was initiated.