Calcitonin: analgesic effects.
Animal experiments demonstrate that the intracerebro-ventricular administration of calcitonin induces analgesia. During the treatment of such diseases as osteitis deformans Paget and acute pancreatitis with calcitonin no spectacular pain-relieving effect was evident, but the application of calcitonin in hypercalcemic patients with bone tumors led to considerable pain relief. Recent double-blind studies document the analgesic effectiveness of calcitonin in malignant diseases, but also against postoperative pains in nontumor patients. Calcitonin as an analgesic drug deserves further investigation.
D002116:Calcitonin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000188:drug therapy
D002116:Calcitonin