title: Bisphosphonates for metastatic bone pain.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Suite 200, 615 Arapeen Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. fine@aros.net
authors.forename: Perry G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Fine
authors.forename: Cassandra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bellamy
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D004164:Diphosphonates