Recent news on Pamidronate

Experts Outline Use of Bisphosphonates Against Myeloma  -  May 24, 2007
HealthCentral.com,Multiple myeloma patients who experience bone loss or fracture of the spine from osteopenia should receive infusions of either 90 mg of pamidronate over two

ASCO Releases Updated Guideline On The Role Of Bisphosphonates For ...  -  May 19, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two intravenous bisphosphonates for treating bone loss from multiple myeloma: pamidronate (Aredia)

The Risk Of Renal Impairment In Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer ...  -  Apr 30, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Other variables that were associated with renal impairment were previous pamidronate treatment (46% vs. 19% for patients with no prior pamidronate),

Contrast Agent May Aid Cancer Detection  -  May 8, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),The contrast agent, [3-amino-1-(dimethoxy-phosphoryl)-1-hydroxy-propyl]-phosphonic acid dimethyl ester, is a derivative of the bisphosphonate pamidronate,

Michael Pryce recovers from blood cancer  -  Apr 29, 2007
Jamaica Observer,He was also given a bone strengthening infusion called Pamidronate. "The side effects were drastic. There was hair and weight loss, my finger and toe nails

AACE: Early Treatment of Mild Paget's Yields Lengthy Remissions  -  Apr 13, 2007
MedPage Today,SEATTLE, April 13 -- Early treatment of mild Paget's disease with pamidronate (Aredia) may promote longer remissions without additional bisphosphonate

Bisphosphonate-associated necrosis of the jaws  -  Mar 28, 2007
Woman Dentist Journal,Marx R. Pamidronate (Aredia) and zoledronate (Zometa) induced avascular necrosis of the jaws: a growing epidemic. J Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2003;

Case 12-2007 — A 56-Year-Old Woman with Renal Failure after Heart ...  -  Apr 18, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),14 Collapsing glomerulopathy is a pattern of injury that has several causes, including human immunodeficiency virus, treatment with pamidronate,

Be good to your creature...and it will be good to you  -  Mar 30, 2007
Dental Economics,In addition, I was given 90 mg of IV pamidronate (Aredia) monthly, which is one of the bisphosphonate drugs that have gained acute attention for being

Metastatic Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know  -  27 Mar 2007
News Locale,External beam radiation therapy and/or bisphosphonates such as pamidronate (Aredia) are extremely useful in treating pain that arises as a result of bony

The righteous doctor of Ethiopia -- healing suffering in the world ...  -  Mar 22, 2007
The Jewish Journal of greater L.A,I spoke with a guy at Johns Hopkins, where I had trained, and he told me there's a drug called Pamidronate. One day I'm leading around some medical students

Morphoproteomic Expression of H-ras (p21ras) Correlates with Serum ...  -  Feb 20, 2007
Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science (subscription),We tested the correlation of serum monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) level (IgG and IgA classes) with therapies utilizing two aminobisphosphonates, pamidronate

Ask the Pharmacist  -  Feb 20, 2007
MLive.com,According to www.rsds.org, Paula waived her privacy rights, so her physician could disclose that she had received pamidronate, a drug with side effects that

Lower Dosing Regimens Of Bisphosphonates Show Antitumor Effects In ...  -  Feb 22, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...healthcare professionals about new precautions for the company's two bisphosphonate drugs, Zometa (zoledronic acid) and Aredia (pamidronate disodium).

Update in Osteoporosis  -  18 Jan 2007
Medscape (subscription)The newer nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates, including alendronate, risedronate, pamidronate, zoledronate, and now ibandronate, have increased the options

Alendronate Improves Screw Fixation in Osteoporotic Bone  -  Jan 2, 2007
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)A randomized clinical trial comparing oral alendronate and intravenous pamidronate for the treatment of Paget's disease of bone. Bone.2004; 34:747 -54.

Better Outcomes With Zoledronic Acid Thank Pamidronate in Multiple ...  -  Dec 13, 2006
DG NewsIt appeared that patients on zoledronic acid who had higher levels of bone-specific alkaline phosphate levels did better than those on pamidronate.

Oral Ibandronate Offers Palliative Befits to Patients Who Progress ...  -  Dec 19, 2006
DG NewsDr. Clemons said that in Canada, the most commonly used bisphosphonates are oral clodronate and intravenous pamidronate, with therapy typically maintained

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