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Drugs for Treatment of Bone Metastases / Osseous Metastatic Disease

This section has a list of generic name(s) and the several brand name(s) of the drugs used for the treatment of Bone Metastases (Osseous Metastatic Disease / Cancer: Bone Metastasis ). Its purpose is to provide doctors and consumers a ready reckoner to find the relevant drugs.
The information helps you learn more about the generic drug, including its brand name(s), price, dosage, side effects, adverse events, how to take and appropriate times to take it by simply click on the drugs. Plus there are FAQs too about each drug.
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Brand Names and Generic Names of Drugs for Treatment of Bone Metastases / Osseous Metastatic Disease

Elotuzumab

Elotuzumab is used to treat multiple myeloma, a type of cancer in the bone marrow in adult patients whose cancer has returned after successful treatment or in patients who showed treatment failure with one to three cancer treating medications.
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Pamidronate

Pamidronate is a bisphosphonate, prescribed for Paget's disease (a condition in which the bones are soft and weak and may be deformed, painful, or easily broken), high blood calcium levels (hypercalcemia) that may occur with cancer or multiple myeloma especially when the bone is affected.
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Pamidronate
This medication is a bisphosphonate, prescribed for Paget's disease (a condition in which the bones are soft and weak and may be deformed, painful, or easily broken), high blood calcium levels (hypercalcemia) that may occur with cancer or ...
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Metastatic or secondary cancer or bone mets is a cancer that has spread from a different part of the body to the bones. Bone pain, fractures, and excessive blood calcium levels are some of the features of metastatic bone cancer.
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