Bisphosphonate antiresorptive agent. Prepn: R. Gall, E. Bosies, DE 3623397; eidem, US 4927814 (1988, 1990 both to Boehringer Mann.). Inhibition of bone resorption: R. C. Mühlbauer et al., J. Bone Miner. Res. 6, 1003 (1991). Mechanism of action study: C. Vitté et al., Endocrinology 137, 2324 (1996). Clinical trial in cancer-associated hypercalcemia: M. Pecherstorfer et al., J. Clin. Oncol. 14, 268 (1996); in osteoporosis: P. Ravn et al., Bone 19, 527 (1996). Review of pharmacology and clinical efficacy: M. Dooley, J. A. Balfour, Drugs 57, 101-108 (1999); of clinical experience in osteoporosis: R. D. Chapurlat, P. D. Delmas, Expert Opin. Pharmacother. 4, 391-396 (2003); of development and therapeutic potential: L. Gennari, IDrugs 8, 155-169 (2005).
Bone resorption inhibitor.
Antiosteoporotic; Bone Resorption Inhibitor