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Drug Treatment and In Vivo Imaging of Osteoblast-Osteoclast Interactions in a Medaka Fish Osteoporosis Model
Published on: January 1, 2017
[New approved drugs for osteoporosis in Japan]
Itsuro Endo1, Toshio Matsumoto
1Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Sciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan.
Abstract:
These 2 years, we had had new therapeutic options for osteoporotic patients, for example minodoronate, bazedoxifene, teriparatide and eldecalcitol in Japan. Minodoronate and eldecalcitol came from Japan and they had many clinical evidences on Japanese patients. Teriparatide is a powerful anabolic agent for bone, had been provided as daily or weekly subcutaneous injection. These reagents may become helpful drug for osteoporotic patients. This review shows the character and clinical evidences of these drugs.
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