April 15, 2009

Forteo, New Drug For Healing Broken Bones


More good news. I guess science is actually good sometimes.

Forteo, New Drug For Healing Broken Bones
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Researchers could barely believe their eyes: a drug that could make the hard-to-heal broken bones of elderly patients recover like they were decades younger.

Forteo, a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration seven years ago to treat osteoporosis that patients inject once a day, works by activating idle stem cells in bones, so they turn into bone cells and start building more bone, more quickly...

...Researchers are saying that Forteo could be an important breakthrough in treating hard-to-heal bone fractures faster and with less pain. ...Preliminary results of the emerging research found that of 145 patients with unhealed broken bones -- many for six months or longer -- who were tested, 93 percent had significant healing and pain control after just weeks on Forteo...


Forteo, New Drug For Healing Broken Bones

Posted at April 15, 2009 12:18 PM
Comments

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Posted by: ETTIENNE BARNARD at June 6, 2009 7:42 AM

I HAVE RECENTLY BROKEN MY BACKBLADE,ARM AND 3 RIBS. I ALSO HADE A PUCTURED LUNG. IS IT SAVE FOR ME TO USE THESE DRUGS AND WHERE DO I FIND THEM.I AM ALREADY IN MY THIRD WEEK OF RECOVERY BUT STILL DONT FEEL LIKE I HAVE MADE ANY PROGRESS.

Posted by: ETTIENNE BARNARD at June 6, 2009 7:42 AM

I HAVE RECENTLY BROKEN MY BACKBLADE 3RIBS,SHOULDER AND ARM. IT IS NOW 3 WEELS AND I STILL DONT FEEL ANY PROGRESS. I HAVE ALSO HAD A PUCTURED LUNG. IS IT SAVE FOR ME TO USE THESE DRUGS AND WHERE DO I FIND THEM.

Posted by: ETTIENNE BARNARD at June 6, 2009 7:50 AM

I HAVE RECENTLY BROKEN MY BACKBLADE 3RIBS,SHOULDER AND ARM. IT IS NOW 3 WEELS AND I STILL DONT FEEL ANY PROGRESS. I HAVE ALSO HAD A PUCTURED LUNG. IS IT SAVE FOR ME TO USE THESE DRUGS AND WHERE DO I FIND THEM.

Posted by: ETTIENNE BARNARD at June 6, 2009 7:50 AM

I HAVE RECENTLY BROKEN MY BACKBLADE 3RIBS,SHOULDER AND ARM. IT IS NOW 3 WEELS AND I STILL DONT FEEL ANY PROGRESS. I HAVE ALSO HAD A PUCTURED LUNG. IS IT SAVE FOR ME TO USE THESE DRUGS AND WHERE DO I FIND THEM.

Posted by: ETTIENNE BARNARD at June 6, 2009 7:51 AM

I HAVE RECENTLY BROKEN MY BACKBLADE 3RIBS,SHOULDER AND ARM. IT IS NOW 3 WEELS AND I STILL DONT FEEL ANY PROGRESS. I HAVE ALSO HAD A PUCTURED LUNG. IS IT SAVE FOR ME TO USE THESE DRUGS AND WHERE DO I FIND THEM.

Posted by: ETTIENNE BARNARD at June 6, 2009 7:51 AM