AQ is a 52-year-old woman who presents to clinic for follow-…

AQ is a 52-year-old woman who presents to clinic for follow-up with her PCP to discuss worsening hot flushes.  She explains that she has to get up in the night and change the bedding, is unable to work a full day at her job at least once per week.  In addition, she feels “moody and down in the dumps” most days of the week, for a couple of months now.  Her health history includes hypertension, hyperlipidemia, Crohn’s disease, recurrent DVT and PE, and she did have a hysterectomy after her last daughter was born 21 years ago, due to complications.  She reports that she is at a “point of desperation to feel like myself again”.  The physician appreciates and accepts your recommendation for the treatment of AQ’s vasomotor symptoms.  Now that she has had time to review the patient’s recent bone density scan, she would like you to make a recommendation for an oral bisphosphonate to treat the patient’s newly diagnosed osteoporosis.  Which of the following is a true statement?