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Bone Density Conservation Agents

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Definition: Agents that inhibit BONE RESORPTION and/or favor BONE MINERALIZATION and BONE REGENERATION. They are used to heal BONE FRACTURES and to treat METABOLIC BONE DISEASES such as OSTEOPOROSIS.     
See Also Bone Regeneration; Fractures, Bone; Osteoporosis; Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators 		Other names Resorption Inhibitors, Bone; Inhibitors, Bone Resorption; Bone Resorption Inhibitory Agents; Bone Resorption Inhibitors; Antiresorptive Drugs; Antiresorptive Agents
Substances having this pharmacologic action: pamidronate; methylene diphosphonate; salmon calcitonin; 1 alpha-hydroxyergocalciferol; 1-hydroxycholecalciferol; Raloxifene; Clodronic Acid; Cholecalciferol; Etidronic Acid; Tamoxifen; Toremifene; Vitamin D; 24,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D 3; 25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2; Teriparatide; Alendronate; Dihydrotachysterol; Dihydroxycholecalciferols; Diphosphonates; Hydroxycholecalciferols; Ergocalciferols; Calcifediol; Calcitonin; Calcitriol; Calcium, Dietary; strontium ranelate; zoledronic acid; cimadronate; ibandronic acid; risedronic acid; olpadronic acid; tiludronic acid
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
ZP2307  0   *Parathyroid Hormone *Peptide Fragments Bone Density Conservation Agents. Bone. 2011 Jun 1;48(6):1319-27
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
bazedoxifene acetate  0   *Indoles Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators Bone Density Conservation Agents. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2001 Dec;949:317-26
paricalcitol  131918-61-1   *Ergocalciferols Bone Density Conservation Agents. Biochim Biophys Acta 1993 Nov 28;1158(3):279-86ZEMPLAR; PARICALCITOL

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