Calcitonin is a hormone secreted by the thyroid gland that reduces the concentration of blood calcium level when it has risen to an above normal level. This polypeptide hormone is made up of 32 ...

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Calcitonin salmon appears to have longer-lasting effects and is thus more suitable for long-term therapy than the form found in pigs. In humans, cells imbedded in the thyroid gland make calcitonin.

To the Editor: In X-linked hypophosphatemia, phosphate wasting results from increased circulating levels of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23).1 Administration of calcitonin to a patient with on ...

Staff reviewers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that a potential increased risk of cancer with drugs containing calcitonin salmon appears plausible. In briefing documents released ...

Adjunct Associate Professor, Albany College of Pharmacy/Union University, Albany, New York; Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Stratten VA Medical Center, Albany, New York To recognize the role of any ...

Calcitonin prescriptions have plummeted in recent years amid safety concerns about the drugs. Between 2006 and 2011 the number of U.S. patients receiving the drug fell 51 percent to 205,000.

Calcitonin gene–related peptide (CGRP) may have a causative role in migraine. We therefore hypothesized that a CGRP-receptor antagonist might be effective in the treatment of migraine attacks.In ...

Ozgen and colleagues [] studied 773 patients with thyroid nodular goiter, and 4 had a serum calcitonin level greater than 150 pg/mL. All 4 of these patients had unsuspected medullary thyroid ...

CGRP inhibitors are a new class of drugs to prevent and treat chronic migraine and episodic migraine. The FDA-approved migraine medication works well and has few side effects.

Calcitonin is a hormone protein that lowers the concentration of blood calcium when it has risen to an above normal level. In humans and other mammals, calcitonin is secreted by the parafollicular ...