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In Brief: Cancer Risk with Salmon Calcitonin

   
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics • Apr 15, 2013  (Issue 1414)
nasal sprays (Miacalcin, Fortical) and an injectable formulation (Miacalcin Injection) for use ...
Two FDA advisory committees recently concluded that use of a nasal spray formulation of the peptide hormone salmon calcitonin for treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis is associated with an increased risk of cancer. Salmon calcitonin is available as 2 nasal sprays (Miacalcin, Fortical) and an injectable formulation (Miacalcin Injection) for use in osteoporosis.1The new cancer concern arose from the results of an unpublished meta-analysis that included 18 studies of Miacalcin Nasal Spray in which the risk of any cancer was 1.54 times greater (95% CI: 1.06, 2.23) in patients who used the drug...
Med Lett Drugs Ther. 2013 Apr 15;55(1414):29-19 |  Show IntroductionHide Introduction