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Calcitonin as an analgesic agent: review of mechanisms of action and clinical applications

Yazdani, Javad; Khorshidi Khiavi, Reza; Ghavimi, Mohammad Ali; Mortazavi, Ali; Jabbari Hagh, Elahe; Ahmadpour, Farzin.
Rev. bras. anestesiol; 69 (6), 2019
Abstract Background and objectives: Calcitonin is a polypeptide hormone regulating the metabolism of calcium in the body. For many years calcitonin has been used to maintain and improve bone mineral density and to reduce the fracture rate. Many studies showed that calcitonin had analgesic role in severa...
Dolor Agudo/tratamiento farmacológico, Dolor Agudo/etiología, Dolor Agudo/fisiopatología, Analgésicos/farmacología, Analgésicos/uso terapéutico, Calcitonina/farmacología, Calcitonina/uso terapéutico, Dolor Crónico/tratamiento farmacológico, Dolor Crónico/etiología, Dolor Crónico/fisiopatología, Neuralgia/tratamiento farmacológico, Neuralgia/etiología, Neuralgia/fisiopatología
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Effect of combined treatment with calcitonin on bone densitometry of patients with treated hypothyroidism

Stamato, F. J. da C; Amarante, E. C. J; Furlanetto, R. P.
Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992, Impr.); 46 (2), 2000
INTRODUCTION: Thyroid hormones (TH) may affect bone metabolism and turnover, inducing a loss of bone mass among hyperthyroid and in hypothyroid patients under hormone replacement treatment. Thyroid dysfunction leads to changes in the dynamics of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcitonin (CT) secretion. OB...
Calcitonina/uso terapéutico, Densidad Ósea/efectos de los fármacos, Hipotiroidismo/tratamiento farmacológico, Osteoporosis/prevención & control, Calcitonina/farmacología, Tiroxina/farmacología, Tiroxina/uso terapéutico, Quimioterapia Combinada, Densitometría, Fémur/efectos de los fármacos, Fémur/química, Columna Vertebral/efectos de los fármacos, Columna Vertebral/química, Calcio/análisis, Estudios de Seguimiento
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