In ovariectomized rats previously receiving vehicle, teriparatide increased lumbar vertebral bone mineral density by 18% versus pretreatment levels.
In plain wordsIn rats previously receiving vehicle, teriparatide increased vertebral bone density compared with pretreatment levels.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseLumbar vertebral BMD after vehicle pretreatment
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Ovariectomized Sprague Dawley rats- Comparator
- Levels after 10 months, before teriparatide
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 30 microg/kg per day · 2 monthsAs given in this study (rat).
Measurements
- BMD increase
- 18%
- vehicle/teriparatide versus 10-month levels
Source sentences
After 2 months of teriparatide treatment, lumbar vertebra showed relative bone mineral density increases of 18%, 7%, 11%, and 10% for vehicle/teriparatide, ABP/teriparatide, EE/teriparatide, and Ral/teriparatide, respectively, compared with 10 month levels.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Sprague Dawley rats were Ovx and treated with ABP (28 microg/kg, twice weekly), EE (0.1 mg/kg per d), or Ral (1 mg/kg per d) for 10 months before switching to teriparatide 30 microg/kg per d for another 2 months.