Zoledronic acid is a third generation bisphosphonate which is administered intravenously once yearly at a dose of 5mg for multiple reasons including the treatment of post-menopausal women with osteoporosis to reduce the incidence of vertebral, hip and non-vertebral fractures and to increase bone mineral density (BMD), the prevention of clinical fractures after hip fracture in women and men, treatment of osteoporosis in men, prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIO), the prevention of post-menopausal osteoporosis (in the US) and the treatment of Pagets disease of the bone. This book discusses the clinical uses, therapeutic effects and pharmacokinetics of zoledronic acid.
PrefaceUse of Zoledronic Acid in Men and Women with Low Bone Mass(Robin K. Dore, Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA)Clinical and Experimental Evidences of Anti-Myeloma Activities of Zoledronic Acid(R. Ria, A. Reale, A. Melaccio, A. Vacca, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Section of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy)The Use of Zoledronic Acid in Osteoarthritis:: From Animal Models to Clinical Studies(Nidhi Sofat, Anasuya Kuttapitiya, Toby Smith, Institute of Infection and Immunity, St. Georges University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, UK, and others)Treatment with Zoledronic Acid in Pagets Disease of Bone(Javier Bachiller-Corral, Walter Alberto Sifuentes-Giraldo, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain)For Complete Table of Contents, please visit our website athttps:://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=50682
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Proceedings of the 12th World Congress of the International Society for Brain Electromagnetic Topography (ISBET 2001), Tochigi, Japan, 8-10 March 2001, ICS 1232