[Teriparatide--new value in osteoporosis treatment: treatment guidelines].
Osteoporosis has become global health issue due to the longer life-cycle and increased percentage of older people in population. The great improvement was done in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. By the mechanism of action, drugs for osteoporosis treatment are antiresorptives and osteoanabolics. Teriparatide is an osteoanabolic drug that stimulates bone turnover and building of a new bone, indicated for treatment of women in postmenopause with multiple osteoporotic fractures.
Korsić
Mirko
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Zavod za endokrinologiju i bolesti metabolizma, Klinika za unutarnje bolesti, Klinicki bolnicki centar Zagreb, Kispatićeva 12, 10000 Zagreb.
Kastelan
Darko
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D015519:Bone Density / Q000187:drug effects; D050071:Bone Density Conservation Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D019379:Teriparatide / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D050071:Bone Density Conservation Agents; D019379:Teriparatide