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Article: Pamidronate relieves numerous painful conditions, including metastatic bone pain.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- September 15, 2003
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2003 SEP 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pamidronate relieves numerous painful conditions, including metastatic bone pain.
According to published research from the United States, "We explored the effect of intravenous infusions of a bisphosphonate, pamidronate, in the management of chronic mechanical spinal pain, a worldwide public health problem in terms of lost workdays, medical treatment costs, and suffering.
"Bisphosphonates have an antinociceptive effect in animals. In. humans, intravenous pamidronate relieves numerous painful conditions, including metastatic bone pain, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and complex regional pain ...