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ipriflavone

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ipriflavone (īˈ·pr·flāˑ·vōn),
n a synthetic isoflavone used to treat Paget's disease and to protect bones from damage due to osteoporosis, hyperparathyroidism, and corticosteroid therapies. Precaution advised for patients with renal disorders, lymphopenia, immunosuppression, gastrointestinal disorders, or a history of breast or reproductive cancers and those taking theophylline, caffeine, theobromine, phenytoin, warfarin, tolbutamide, NSAIDs, and immunosuppressant medications. Use of ipriflavone has also caused asymptomatic lymphopenia in test subjects, so regular blood cell counts are recommended during supplementation. Also called
7-isopropoxyisoflavone. See also isoflavones.


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In most of the women, lymphocyte levels returned to normal within two years after they stopped taking the ipriflavone.
concerning the dietary supplement ipriflavone draws conclusions that contradict the preponderance of data from clinical studies conducted over the past 15 years.
[16] And ipriflavone, a synthetic drug derived from isoflavones, increases bone mass in women with osteoporosis or low bone mass.
 
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