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 ===== Other treatments ===== ===== Other treatments =====
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 +Calcitonin    (({{pubmed>long:    30725954}}))
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 +<blockquote>Salmon calcitonin (after this referred to as “calcitonin”) is an analog of human calcitonin used in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, Paget disease of bone, and hypercalcemia. Its clinical importance derives from its ability to inhibit osteoclasts and increase renal excretion of calcium. 
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 +Through these processes, bone matrix resorption and serum calcium are both decreased.
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 ==== Calcium supplementation ==== ==== Calcium supplementation ====
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