ahicks51 Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 (edited) For those of you who haven't seen it: Causes, management of osteosarcoma bone pain Feb 1, 2008 By:Kim Cronin, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM She advocates the use of pamidronate (Aredia) for managing the pain of osteo. Areida is an intravenous drug (versus the oral meds) for treatment of osteoporosis. In preventing bone resorption, it can reduce pain. In one study, it provided "significant" pain relief in 12 of 43 dogs tested (28%) over an average duration of 231 days (Fan TM, Lorimier LP, Charney SC et al: Single-Agent Pamidronate for Palliative Therapy of Canine Appendicular Osteosarcoma Bone Pain. J Vet Intern Med 2007;21:431-439). Thought I'd mentioned it here for its obvious applications. In the experiment, it was added over a period of two hours; I can't tell from Google whether it's still on-patent or not. So, administration is time-intensive (reads: pricey), and unless it's off-patent, it'll probably be an expensive drug. The molecule is small and tidy, though, so if it's off-patent, it's probably pretty cheap. ETA: Looks like the patent expired. A couple of websites are saying there are multiple generic versions now available, so it should be relatively inexpensive. Edited March 2, 2008 by ahicks51 Quote Coco (Maze Cocodrillo) Minerva (Kid's Snipper) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotaina Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I was visiting with Glynis today (Winslow's mom) and she mentioned using Fosomax (I don't think she uses it herself for Winslow, but she had heard of it being used) - I don't know if it's to help prevent bone erosion from OSA or it may offer some palliative relief. Interesting... Quote Meredith with Heyokha (HUS Me Teddy) and Crow (Mike Milbury). Missing Turbo (Sendahl Boss), Pancho, JoJo, and "Fat Stacks" Juana, the psycho kitty. Canku wakan kin manipi."Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest longdogs Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I was visiting with Glynis today (Winslow's mom) and she mentioned using Fosomax (I don't think she uses it herself for Winslow, but she had heard of it being used) - I don't know if it's to help prevent bone erosion from OSA or it may offer some palliative relief. Interesting... I tried fosomax on Nugget. I had to import the drug specially because it wasn't approved for use here at that time. I really can't say whether it helped at all because there was nothing to compare it against. It didn't stop her pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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