Calcitonin in the treatment of osteoporotic bone pain.
Calcitonin has been observed to have an analgesic effect on painful bone conditions. A case illustrating the antinociceptive effect of calcitonin on bone pain caused by osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture is presented. There is increasing clinical evidence supporting this phenomenon, though few rigorously controlled studies exist. Calcitonin may have an advantage over other analgesics in the treatment of bone pain resulting from an osteoporotic compression fracture, because, in addition to the observed analgesic effect, it is useful in treating the underlying disorder.
Rifat
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SF
Department of Family Practice, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0708.
Kiningham
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RB
Peggs
J F
JF
D000368:Aged; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*
D000700:Analgesics; C028815:salmon calcitonin; D002116:Calcitonin