title: Improved treatment of Paget's disease with dimethylaminohydroxypropylidene bisphosphonate.
abstract: A group of 89 patients with Paget's disease of bone were treated with different intravenous or oral doses of the nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate dimethylaminohydroxypropylidene bisphosphonate (dimethyl-APD). Biochemical remission was obtained in 82% of treatments, and in the rest a clear response was found. Oral dimethyl-APD was well tolerated, and a dose of 200 mg/day for 10 days was sufficient to induce remission in the majority of patients. The remission probability was 3 months for 50% of patients, and the recurrence-free period was 27 months. The remission probability as well as the recurrence-free period did not differ among oral and intravenous treatments or among patients who had never been treated with nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates and those who had received pamidronate in the past and were treated for a recurrence of the disease. Dimethyl-APD is a very effective bisphosphonate devoid of side effects, which given for a short period can induce long-lasting remissions in patients with Paget's disease of bone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Schweitzer
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Zwinderman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vermeij
authors.forename: O L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Bijvoet
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Papapoulos
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000077268:Pamidronate; D012074:Remission Induction
chemical_list: D004164:Diphosphonates; C055774:olpadronic acid; D000077268:Pamidronate