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Calcitonin can be used therapeutically for the treatment of hypercalcemia or osteoporosis. [34] In a recent clinical study, subcutaneous injections of calcitonin have reduced the incidence of fractures and reduced the decrease in bone mass in women with type 2 diabetes complicated with osteoporosis. [35]
Calcitonin, as salmon calcitonin (sCT), is available in the pharmaceutical market as an injectable preparation for intravenous, intramuscular or subcutaneous application. Noninvasive sCT preparation as a nasal spray is commercially produced and received US FDA approval under the proprietary name Miacalcin® in 1975 for the treatment of ...
Calcitonin gene-related peptide ... Zavegepant (BHV- 3500) is a nasal spray approved for acute treatment of migraines. [9] ... The third approved treatment, as of ...
Intranasal calcitonin, calcitonin-salmon, is used to treat hypercalcaemia arising out of malignancy, Paget's disease of bone, post menopausal and steroid induced osteoporosis, phantom limb pain and other metabolic bone abnormalities, available as Rockbone, Fortical and Miacalcin Nasal Spray.
Hypercalcemia of malignancy may also occur due to tumor production of vitamin D or parathyroid hormone. These causes are rare and constitute about 1% of all causes of hypercalcemia of malignancy. [22] Hypercalcemia of malignancy usually portends a poor prognosis, and the medial survival is 25–52 days of its development. [22]
Zavegepant, sold under the brand name Zavzpret, is a medication used for the treatment of migraine. [1] Zavegepant is a calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonist. [1] It is sprayed into the nose. [1] It is sold by Pfizer. [1] The most common adverse reactions include taste disorders, nausea, nasal discomfort, and vomiting. [1]
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended that calcitonin be used only on a short-term basis for 3 conditions for which it had previously been approved in the European Union: Paget's disease, acute bone loss resulting from sudden immobilization, and hypercalcemia caused by cancer. As a solution for injection or infusion, calcitonin should ...
Nafarelin, sold under the brand name Synarel among others, is a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH agonist) medication which is used in the treatment of endometriosis and early puberty. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is also used to treat uterine fibroids , to control ovarian stimulation in in vitro fertilization (IVF), and as part of transgender ...