What are the effects of calcitonin?

The rapid development of modern life has led to the rapid development of various technologies in which calcitonin is secreted by thyroid parafollicular cells. New therapeutic health care drugs and technologies continue to emerge in the health field, bringing great benefits to people's health protection. For example, middle-aged and elderly people often suffer from diseases such as osteoporosis and hypercalcemia, which bring great difficulties to their later life. The use of calcitonin can solve these problems well. Calcitonin is a relatively new health care drug, and its excellent effects have attracted the attention of a large number of middle-aged and elderly people. Let’s take a look at the explanation of the effects of calcitonin. I hope everyone can understand it.

Hormone, which is a polypeptide composed of 32 amino acids, has 1 to 7 disulfide bonds and a proline amide group at the carboxyl terminus. It is the main regulator of mineral and bone metabolism. It can inhibit the activity of osteoclasts and stimulate the growth and activity of osteoblasts, inhibit bone decalcification and prevent calcium loss.

1. Treat osteoporosis

It is mainly used for late postmenopausal osteoporosis and senile osteoporosis, and is also used for other secondary osteoporosis (such as after treatment with corticosteroids or due to lack of activity). Elcatonin (a derivative of eel calcitonin) is used for bone pain caused by osteoporosis.

2. Treatment of hypercalcemia and hypercalcemic crisis

It is mainly used for hypercalcemia secondary to bone metastasis of breast cancer, lung cancer, myeloma and other malignant tumors, and is also used for hypercalcemia caused by other reasons (such as hyperparathyroidism, lack of activity or vitamin D poisoning; neurotic dystrophy; caused by reasons such as post-traumatic osteoporosis, sympathetic dystrophy, shoulder-arm syndrome, burning pain caused by peripheral nerve injury, drug-induced neurotic dystrophy, etc.).

3. Used for Paget's disease (also known as deforming osteitis)

Particularly used in cases with bone pain, neurological complications, increased bone turnover, progressive spread of bone lesions, and incomplete or recurrent fractures).