In vertebral fracture patients, daily teriparatide reduced pain scores compared with risedronate at 8 and 12 weeks.
In plain wordsIn vertebral fracture patients, daily teriparatide reduced pain scores compared with risedronate at 8 and 12 weeks.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- DecreaseLow back pain at 8 and 12 weeks
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Risedronate
- Outcome group
- Pain · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 20 µg/day dailyAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
At 8 and 12 weeks after the initial visit, VAS scores in the Daily and Weekly groups were significantly lower than in the RIS group (p < 0.05).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Thirty-four patients with fresh vertebral fracture (48 vertebrae) participated in this study.
They were administered either teriparatide (daily 20 µg/day or weekly 56.5 µg/week) or risedronate (17.5 mg/week): ten patients (20 vertebrae) received teriparatide daily (Daily group), 11 patients (15 vertebrae) received teriparatide weekly (Weekly group), and 13 patients (14 vertebrae) received ri…