In a dialysis patient with low-turnover bone disease, pain resolved within six months of starting teriparatide.
In plain wordsIn a dialysis patient with low bone turnover, pain resolved within six months of starting teriparatide.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- DecreasePain
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Pain · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 20 μg every morning · subcutaneous · 24 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Within 6 months of initiating therapy, the patient's pain resolved and he was able to resume work.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
We report on a patient with stage 5 CKD treated with dialysis who presented to our clinic with multiple fractures, including bilateral nondisplaced pelvic fractures resulting in chronic pain and interfering with the patient's ability to work.
Bone histomorphometry demonstrated low-turnover bone disease, and he was treated with 20μg of teriparatide (subcutaneous injection) every morning for 24 months.