Your 50-year-old female patient is prescribed hormone replacement (estrogen) therapy due to the effects of menopause Normally, hormone replacement therapy decreases a woman’s chances of developing osteoporosis; however, your patient developed osteoporosis due to the hormone replacement therapy. Which of the following may have caused her osteoporosis? Activated osteoblasts Activated osteoclasts An overactive thyroid An underactive parathyroid A & D

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Your 50-year-old female patient is prescribed hormone replacement (estrogen) therapy due to the effects of menopause

  1. Normally, hormone replacement therapy decreases a woman’s chances of developing osteoporosis; however, your patient developed osteoporosis due to the hormone replacement therapy. Which of the following may have caused her osteoporosis?
    1. Activated osteoblasts
    2. Activated osteoclasts
    3. An overactive thyroid
    4. An underactive parathyroid
    5. A & D
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