Metabolic Bone Diseases: 2 Flashcards
Calcitonin
- Which drug names are these? 2
- FDA approved for?
- Reduction of vertebral fractures by about ___% in persons with prior vertebral fracture
- Has not been shown to reduce what?
- Miacalcin or Fortical
- FDA approved for the treatment of osteoporosis in women ≥5 years post menopause
- 30% in persons with prior vertebral fracture
- Has not been shown to reduce nonvertebral fractures
Calcitonin
- MOA?
- Dose?
- CI?
- SE? 3
- Antagonizes the effects of PTH
- 200 IU as a single daily nasal spray or subcutaneous injection
- Contraindicated with history of allergy to salmon
- Side effects
- Rhinitis,
- epistaxis,
- allergic reactions
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- When do we use this?
- What is this drug?
- How long is this therapy for?
- Only if failed other non-estrogen treatment options
- Prempro (estrogen/progesterone)
- 5 years of therapy
Risks with HRT therapy? 5
- ↑ risks of MI,
- CVA,
- invasive breast cancer,
- PE,
- DVT during 5 years of treatment
No MI risk if starting treatment within 10 years post menopause
Parathyroid hormone: Teriparatide (Forteo)
- How is this drug unique?
- When do we prescribe this?
- Such as? 2
- Unique in that it stimulates bone formation
- For severe osteoporosis when other treatments have failed
- continue to fracture 1 year after bisphosphonate therapy
- Intolerant to bisphosphonate therapy
Parathyroid hormone: Teriparatide (Forteo)
- Efficacy?
- Dose?
- Max duration on this?
- Monitor for what?
- ↓ risk of vertebral fx by 65%, ↓ nonvertebral fx by 53%
- 20mcg subcutaneous injection daily
- Max duration of therapy is 24 months
- Monitor for alterations in serum calcium
Parathyroid hormone: Teriparatide (Forteo)
SE? 4
Should avoid administration in pt’s at risk for osteosarcoma such as? 5
Side effects:
- leg cramps,
- nausea,
- dizziness
- increased incidence of osteosarcoma in animal studies
- Paget’s disease,
- prior radiation therapy of the skeleton,
- bone mets,
- hypercalcemia,
- hx of skeletal malignancy
Denosumab (Prolia)
- What is this?
- MOA?
- Indicated for?
- Used in who?
- Monoclonal antibody
- Decreases bone absorption by inhibiting osteoclast activity
- Indicated for postmenopausal women and men at high risk of fracture
- Used in cancer patients (breast and prostate)
How to follow pt’s on Rx therapy for osteoporosis
4
- Monitor for side effects
- Monitor for recurrent fractures
- Yearly height measurement
- Serial DXA scans- Baseline and every 2 years
Ongoing monitoring for OP? 2
- If lose 2 cm or more in height (0.8 in) or more in a year need repeat vertebral imaging to evaluate for new or additional vertebral fractures
- DXA scan at initiation of treatment and every 2 years
Treatment for special populations
4
- Glucocorticoid induced
- Renal failure
- Androgen deficiency
- Malabsorption
What do we have to change in renal dialysis patients with op?
Calcitriol to enhance calcium absorption
Other Metabolic Bone Diseases
? 4
- Paget Disease of the bone
- Osteomalacia
- Rickets
- Renal osteodystrophy
Whats the second most common metabolic bone disease?
Paget disease (Osteitis deformans)
Paget disease (Osteitis deformans)
- Describe how the lesions may be patterned?
- Most commonly involves what?
- What are the rest of the areas that are also commonly involved (in order of frequency?) 4
- Lesions may be solitary or occur at various sites
- Most commonly involves the axial skeleton
- Skull,
- thoracolumbar spine,
- pelvis,
- long bones of the lower extremity (in order of frequency)
Paget’s is a disease of the osteoclast
- Increased rate of?
- Overgrowth where?
- What kind of disorder?
- Possible _____ etiology?
- Onset after what age?
- Gender?
- Associated with?
- Increased rate of bone remodeling
- Overgrowth of bone at single or multiple sites
- Genetic disorder
- Possible viral etiology
- Onset after age 55
- Men > women
- Associated with osteosarcoma
Symptoms of Paget’s disease
- Arthritis
- Pain
- Bone deformity
- Fractures
- Radiculopathy
- Chronic back pain
- Impaired functional status
- Hearing loss
- Headache
- Vertigo
- Tinnitus
- Asymptomatic
Metabolic complications of Paget’s disease
- Hypercalciuria
2. Increased incidence of kidney stones