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Calcium as a treatment of osteoporosis

Drugs of Today, 1999
The role of calcium in bone metabolism, optimal calcium intake, the use of calcium as monotherapy for osteoporosis or in combination with other drugs and the differences between various calcium salts are reviewed. Calcium is an essential element in bone mineralization and formation.
J, Blanch, A, Pros
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Calcium Treatment for Premenstrual Syndrome

Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 1999
OBJECTIVE: TO evaluate the use of calcium supplementation in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome. DATA SOURCES: Clinical literature accessed through MEDLINE (from January 1967 to September 1999). Key search terms included calcium, PMS, and premenstrual. DATA SYNTHESIS: Up to 50% of women experience some form of premenstrual syndrome.
M W, Ward, T D, Holimon
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Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis With Calcitriol or Calcium

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1992
Osteoporosis is a common problem whose management is controversial. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3) in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, we conducted a three-year prospective, multicenter, single-blind study in 622 women who had one or more vertebral compression fractures. The women were randomly
M W, Tilyard, G F, Spears, J, Thomson, S, Dovey   +3 more
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Calcium Salts for the Treatment of Chills

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1980
To the Editor. —While reading the study of Burks et al1showing that meperidine could stop the chills and fever caused by amphotericin B, I was reminded of a report by Beeson and Hoagland2published 40 years ago on the use of calcium chloride to stop chills. They slowly administered 10 mL of a 10% calcium chloride solution intravenously during 35 chills,
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Calcium in the treatment of dysmenorrhea

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1934
Abstract Of 49 cases of essential dysmenorrhea treated with calcium, or calcium and viosterol, 33 or 67.3 per cent were greatly benefited; 16 or 32.7 per cent seemed to have no relief. The symptom of bruising easily seems to indicate, in cases of essential dysmenorrhea, that a more favorable response to calcium therapy may be expected than in cases ...
Ruth E. Boynton, E.C. Hartley
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Pharmacologic Treatment of Calcium Calculi

Urologic Clinics of North America, 1987
Selective pharmacologic therapy of calcium nephrolithiasis is highly effective in preventing new stone formation. A remission rate of greater than 80 per cent and overall reduction in individual stone formation rate of greater than 90 per cent can be obtained in patients with calcium nephrolithiasis.
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Calcium antagonists in the treatment of sudden deafness

Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 1986
In the treatment of patients with sudden deafness, we found no significant difference between an oral calcium antagonist (nifedipine) and intravenous naftidrofuryl given concomitantly with vitamin A, vitamin E, and zinc. This prospective randomized study in 50 patients again shows that recovery to useful hearing levels tends to be spontaneous and ...
W, Mann, C, Beck, C, Beck
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Calcium in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis

Journal of Internal Medicine, 1992
Osteoporotic fractures have many sources. Low bone mass is one such, and inadequate calcium intake, in turn, is one of the causes of low bone mass. Calcium intake may be inadequate because it is low in its own right or, even if ‘normal’, it may not be sufficient to compensate for exaggerated obligatory losses.
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