A significant reduction in the incidence of vertebral fractures has been demonstrated.

Nearly half of all vertebral fractures occur without any significant back pain.

An estimated 10 to 25% of vertebral fractures will result in injury to the spinal cord.

Many times, people with vertebral fractures do not even realize that they have them.

About one third of the most severe hyperkyphosis cases have vertebral fractures.

Left untreated, I was at risk of vertebral fracture in 10 years or more.

Ankylosing spondylitis is also associated with increased rates of vertebral fracture.

Between 35 and 50% of all women over 50 had at least one vertebral fracture.

In the United States, 700,000 vertebral fractures occur annually, but only about a third are recognized.

Studies thus far have shown that raloxifene helps to prevent vertebral fractures.