Bisphosphonates for metastatic bone pain.
Bisphosphonates are a class of medications used increasingly to help manage pain due to bony metastases in cancer patients. Newer bisphosphonates used in this way are reviewed and the pharmacokinetic are compared.
Fine
Perry G
PG
Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Suite 200, 615 Arapeen Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. fine@aros.net
Bellamy
Cassandra
C
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
D004164:Diphosphonates