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Clodronic Acid

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Definition: A diphosphonate which affects calcium metabolism. It inhibits bone resorption and soft tissue calcification.     
Pharmacological Action Bone Density Conservation Agents 		Other names Dichloromethylene Diphosphonate; Clodronate; Sodium, Clodronate; Disodium, Clodronate; Diphosphonate, Dichloromethylene; Biphosphonate, Dichloromethylene; Acid, Dichloromethanediphosphonic; Diphosphonate, Dichloromethane; Acid, Clodronic; Dichloromethylenebisphosphonate; Dichloromethylene Biphosphonate; Dichloromethanediphosphonic Acid; Dichloromethanediphosphonate; Dichloromethane Diphosphonate; Clodronate Sodium; Clodronate Disodium; Cl2MDP; Bonefos
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
pentoxifylline-tocopherol-clodronate  0   *Clodronic Acid *Pentoxifylline *Tocopherols Drug Combinations Osteoradionecrosis/drug therapy Bone Density Conservation Agents. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Jul 1;80(3);832-9
difluoromethylenesulfonic acid  0   Clodronic Acid/*analogs & derivatives. Bioorg Med Chem 2002 Jul;10(7):2309-23
difluoromethylene diphosphonate  10596-32-4   Clodronic Acid/*analogs & derivatives. Metab Bone Dis Relat Res 1983-84;5(1):13

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