Week 12 Case Study Pharmacy Essay
Week 12 Case Study Pharmacy Essay
Use APA 6 or 7th Edition Format and support your work with at
least 3 peer-reviewed references within 5 years of publication.
Remember that you need a cover page and a reference page. All
paragraphs need to be cited properly. Please use headers. All
responses must be in a narrative format and each paragraph must
have at least 4 sentences. Lastly, you must have at least 2 pages
of content, no greater than 4 pages, excluding cover page and
reference page.
Week 12 Case Study: Osteoporosis
J.S., a 72-year-old woman of Asian descent, has just transferred to
your practice. She had a hysterectomy 8 years ago and has not
been on hormone replacement therapy. She is 5 ft 2 inches tall
and weighs 102 lb. She has had a sedentary lifestyle (she was a
secretary and retired 2 years ago). She drinks four glasses of wine
a day. Her mother died at age 62 from complications of a hip
fracture. J.S.’s sister was just diagnosed with metastatic breast
cancer. You prescribe a DEXA scan, and the T-score is −2.6 SD.
Diagnosis: Osteoporosis
1. List specific goals of therapy for J.S.
2. What drug therapy would you prescribe? Why?

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