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Abstract:
Animal experiments demonstrate that the intracerebro-ventricular administration of calcitonin induces analgesia. During the treatment of such diseases as osteitis deformans Paget and acute pancreatitis with calcitonin no spectacular pain-relieving effect was evident, but the application of calcitonin in hypercalcemic patients with bone tumors led to considerable pain relief. Recent double-blind studies document the analgesic effectiveness of calcitonin in malignant diseases, but also against postoperative pains in nontumor patients. Calcitonin as an analgesic drug deserves further investigation.
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