In women after hip arthroplasty, calcitonin reduced bone turnover markers, further bone density loss and pain.
In plain wordsIn women after hip replacement, calcitonin nasal spray was reported to reduce bone turnover markers, further bone density loss and pain.
- Peptide
- Calcitonin-salmon
- Outcome
- DecreaseBone turnover markers, bone density loss and pain
- Study
n = 75
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 200 IU twice daily in methods; 200 IU per day in results · intranasal · 12 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Treatment with a salmon calcitonin nasal spray reduces bone turnover serum markers, loss of further bone density, and pain.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
In an open study, 37 women who had undergone cementless total hip arthroplasty after accidental hip fractures were treated twice daily with 200 IU salmon calcitonin nasal spray for 12 months.
A parallel group of 38 women with a similar clinical status in terms of hip fractures and cementless total hip arthroplasty were treated with only one bag of 1000 mg calcium plus 880 IU vitamin D daily through the treatment period.