ba0001pp414 | Osteoporosis: treatment | ECTS2013
Sakai Sadaoki
, Takeda Satoshi
, Shiraishi Ayako
, Koike Nobuo
, Mihara Masahiko
, Endo Koichi
Eldecalcitol (ED-71; ELD), a 2β-hydroxypropyloxy derivative of 1α,25(OH)2D3, was approved to treat osteoporosis in Japan in 2011. Raloxifene (RAL), a selective estrogen receptor modulator, is available to treat or prevent postmenopausal osteoporosis. In this study, we compared the effects of combining ELD and RAL against each monotherapy in osteoporotic rats.Eight-month-old female WistarImamichi rats were ovariectomi...