Bisphosphonate antiresorptive agent. Prepn: J. J. Benedict, C. M. Perkins, EP 186405; eidem, US 5583122 (1986, 1996 both to Procter & Gamble). Pharmacology: W. S. S. Jee et al., Bone 14, 493 (1993). Clinical trial in Paget's disease: E. S. Siris et al., J. Bone Miner. Res. 13, 1032 (1998); in postmenopausal bone loss: L. Mortensen et al., J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 83, 396 (1998). Clinical effect on reduction of fracture risk: S. T. Harris et al., J. Am. Med. Assoc. 282, 1344 (1999). Review of pharmacology and clinical efficacy: K. L. Goa, J. A. Balfour, Drugs Aging 13, 83-91 (1998).
Bone resorption inhibitor.
Antiosteoporotic; Antipagetic; Bone Resorption Inhibitor