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A 71-Year-Old Woman Comes to the Physician Because of Increasing

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A 71-year-old woman comes to the physician because of increasing mid-back pain for the last 2 weeks. The pain has not improved with ibuprofen and acetaminophen combined with oxycodone. The pain limits her ambulation, dressing, and housekeeping.
Her temperature is 36.5 C (97.7 F) , blood pressure is 130/70 mm Hg, pulse is 86/min, and respirations are 14/min. Her back examination shows moderate tenderness in the mid-back along the vertebral column. She has an otherwise unremarkable examination.
A lateral spine film reveals diffuse osteopenia with a vertebral compression fracture of T10. Blood for a complete blood count, metabolic panel, alkaline phosphatase, and 25-hydroxy vitamin D has been obtained.
Which of the following is most likely to provide early pain relief in this patient?

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