==Mechanism of Action== Zoledronic acid slows down bone resorption, allowing the bone-forming cells time to rebuild normal bone and allowing bone remodeling. ==Approvals and indications== In all cases administration is by intravenous infusion over a minimum of 5 minutes. ===Bone complications of cancer=== Zometa is used to prevent skeletal fractur...
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A drug used to treat patients with hypercalcemia (high blood levels of calcium) caused by cancer. It is also used together with other drugs to treat multiple myeloma and to prevent bone fractures and reduce bone pain in people who have cancer that has spread to the bone. It is a type of bisphosphonate. Also called zoledronate and Zometa.
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(zo´lә-dron″ik) a compound that slows the destruction of bone by inhibiting the action of osteoclasts. It is used for the treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy, multiple myeloma, abnormal changes to bone that result from metastasis, and osteitis deformans.
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