- pamidronate
- A drug that is used to treat hypercalcemia (too much calcium in the blood) and cancer that has spread to the bones. It belongs to the family of drugs called bisphosphonates.
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pamidronate — pam·id·ro·nate .pam i drō .nāt, id rō n a disodium bisphosphonate bone resorption inhibitor C3H9NNa2O7P2 administered as an intravenous infusion in the treatment of hypercalcemia associated with malignancy called also pamidronate disodium * * * n … Medical dictionary
pamidronate — disodium pamidronate; n. a bisphosphonate drug used to treat malignant hypercalcaemia, breast cancer that has spread to the bones, and Paget s disease. It is administered by intravenous infusion; side effects include flulike symptoms, nausea, and … The new mediacal dictionary
pamidronate disodium — [USP] the disodium salt of pamidronate; used in the treatment of malignancy associated hypercalcemia, osteitis deformans, and osteolytic bone metastases associated with breast cancer and myeloma; administered intravenously … Medical dictionary
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disodium pamidronate — pamidronate … The new mediacal dictionary
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