Nasal human calcitonin for tumor-induced hypercalcemia
J C Dumon1, A Magritte, J J Body
1Department of Medicine, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Calcified Tissue International
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
We treated four hypercalcemic cancer patients by nasal hCT, 3 x 2 mg daily, which has been reported to be active in Paget's disease at lower doses. Only one patient became normocalcemic and mean (+/- SEM) calcium levels fell from 11.6 +/- 0.2 mg/dl before therapy to 10.7 +/- 0.6 mg/dl 2-3 days after starting hCT. The tolerance was excellent but, because of insufficient efficacy, we do not recommend this form of therapy for cancer hypercalcemia.
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