Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,898,636,387 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

clodronate

   Also found in: Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
clodronate
Ostac®, Bonefos® Metabolism A biphosphonate used to manage osteoporosis, Paget's disease of bone, cancer-induced hypercalcemia in Pts with prostate CA, myeloma and other CAs by regulating osteoclastic activity Therapeutic effect ↓ pain, risk of Fx, new bone metastases. See Osteoporosis.

Patient discussion about clodronate.

Q. why is it bad to walk outside with wet hair after you have taken a shower , when it's clod out side? what can happen to me if i will do it ?

A. I've done this several times. The few times, my mother told me not to, I caught a cold.

Read more or ask a question about clodronate


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Medical browser?   Full browser?
 
The research study, jointly led by Prof Malcolm Mason at Cardiff University and Prof David Dearnaley of the Institute of Cancer Research, examined the long-term effect of sodium clodronate on men with advanced and localised prostate cancer.
Diel and coworkers randomised 302 patients known to have BMM to receive either the bisphosphonate clodronate (1600 mg daily for two years) or standard follow-up [40].
Two off-the-shelf bone loss drugs, clodronate and etidronate, blocked a key mechanism used to transfer genetic changes from one bacterium into another, including the gene that helps ward off an antibiotic attack.
 
 
 
Medical Dictionary
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.