| Literature DB >> 6989171 |
V Hoikka, E M Alhava, A Aro, P Karjalainen, V Rehnberg.
Abstract
A double-blind comparative study of 1 alpha-OHD3 and placebo was performed on 37 patients with osteoporotic hip fracture without clinical osteomalacia. 1 alpha-OHD3, in a dose of 1 microgram/day together with 2.5 g CaCO3, did not heal osteoporosis as judged from determinations of bone mineral density and histomorphometric analyses during four months of treatment. However, 1 alpha-OHD3 seemed to have an effect on fracture healing as concluded from the posttreatment alkaline phosphatase level. Hypercalcemia was common, occurring in six out of 19 patients treated with 1 alpha-OHD3. It is concluded that treatment of osteoporosis with 1 alpha-OHD3 and calcium is ineffective and potentially dangerous because it frequently causes hypercalcemia.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6989171 DOI: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1980.tb09709.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Med Scand ISSN: 0001-6101