Calcitonin is a hormone secreted by the thyroid gland that reduces the concentration of blood calcium level when it has risen to an above normal level. This polypeptide hormone is made up of 32 ...

Calcitonin is produced by the parafollicular C cells of the thyroid. [1] This hormone is thought to function in calcium and phosphorous metabolism, essentially opposing the effects of parathyroid ...

Calcitonin gene–related peptide (CGRP) may have a causative role in migraine. We therefore hypothesized that a CGRP-receptor antagonist might be effective in the treatment of migraine attacks.In ...

Calcitonin is generally recognized as the least effective therapy for osteoporosis. Orthopedists recommend its use in the first 3 to 4 weeks after surgery, but few others still use it.

Calcitonin is a hormone found in the serum of normal subjects in concentrations lower than about 8 pg/mL. Patients with C-cell hyperplasia and medullary thyroid cancer may have elevated serum ...

Calcitonin prescriptions have plummeted in recent years amid safety concerns about the drugs. Between 2006 and 2011 the number of U.S. patients receiving the drug fell 51 percent to 205,000.

Calcitonin products include Novartis AG's Miacalcin injection and nasal spray and Unigene Laboratories Inc's nasal spray. Privately held Upsher Smith Laboratories Inc distributes Unigene's product ...

AbbVie is licensing rights to a drug from Gubra that has encouraging early clinical data in obesity. The once-weekly injectable peptide is a dual agonist of the amylin and calcitonin receptors ...

Correspondence Calcitonin Administration in X-Linked Hypophosphatemia Published April 28, 2011 N Engl J Med 2011;364: 1678 - 1680 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1010928 ...

Calcitonin opposes the effects of parathyroid hormone (PTH), which acts to increase the blood level of calcium. PTH achieves this through several actions involving the bones, kidneys, and intestines.

Calcitonin is produced by the parafollicular C cells and represents the classical clinical marker for medullary thyroid carcinoma. Here, the authors describe how measurement of basal and ...