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2. Romosozumab - Wikipedia

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   Romosozumab is used for osteoporosis to decrease the risk of fractures. [10] Two trials found that it reduced the rate of vertebral fracture. In one, there was a 73% lower risk of vertebral fracture after one year, and the benefit was maintained after a second year of taking denosumab.

3. Why Doctors Are Calling This Common Medication a "Wonder Drug"

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   While it was once “just” a medication for people with type 2 diabetes, metformin is now thought of as a “wonder drug with multiple potentials,” says David Cutler, M.D., a family medicine ...

4. Zoledronic acid - Wikipedia

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   Zoledronic acid is used to prevent bone fractures in patients with cancers such as multiple myeloma and prostate cancer, as well as for treating osteoporosis. [10] It can also be used to treat hypercalcaemia of malignancy and can be helpful for treating pain from bone metastases.

5. Denosumab - Wikipedia

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   Denosumab, sold under the brand name Prolia among others, is a human monoclonal antibody used for the treatment of osteoporosis, treatment-induced bone loss, metastases to bone, and giant cell tumor of bone. [19] [20] The most common side effects are joint and muscle pain in the arms or legs. [21]

6. First osteoporosis drug of its kind for more than a decade ...

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   The drug is one of only two treatments that help to promote bone formation, and the first to reduce bone loss at the same time. First osteoporosis drug of its kind for more than a decade approved ...

7. Teriparatide - Wikipedia

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   Teriparatide is indicated for the treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis; [13] for the increase of bone mass in men with primary or hypogonadal osteoporosis; [13] and treatment of men and women with osteoporosis associated with sustained systemic glucocorticoid therapy.

8. Lasofoxifene - Wikipedia

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   Lasofoxifene, sold under the brand name Fablyn, is a nonsteroidal selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) which is marketed by Pfizer in Lithuania and Portugal for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and for the treatment of vaginal atrophy, [1] [2] and the result of an exclusive research collaboration with Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND).

9. Are Diabetes Drugs Really Safe (& Reliable) for Weight Loss?

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   Metformin — a biguanide — is an oral diabetes medication that helps keep blood sugar in check by causing the liver to produce less glucose. It was approved by the FDA in 1994 for the treatment ...