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Salmon calcitonin

Salmon calcitonin

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Calcitonin-salmon is a skin-related agent.

Dr. Jeffrey Pollard reviewed this

23 year experience in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery

Brands

Miacalcin • Calcimar • Miacalcic

Side Effects

Common

Abdominal pain
Back pain
Decreased appetite
Diarrhea
Eye pain
Flushing
Headache
Irritation at injection site
Nose bleeds
Joint pains
Bloody nose
Nocturia
Swollen foot
Rash
Reduced appetite
Frequent nighttime urination
Runny nose

Serious

Hypersensitivity

Treats

Osteopenia
3.0
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Osteoporosis
2.7
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What is the data on salmon calcitonin tablets?

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Is prolia related to miacalcin (salmon calcitonin)?

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A 35-year old female asked about a 79-year old male:

Does vitamin k2 interact with miacalcin (salmon calcitonin)?

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A female asked:

What are the effects of too little and too much production of calcitonin?

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A 51-year old female asked:

Is calcitonin nasal spray a anahistamen?

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A 38-year old asked:

How is calcitonin found in the thyroid gland?

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A 37-year old male asked:

Does thyroid gland produce more th or calcitonin?

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A 38-year old asked:

Is there calcitonin hormone deficiency after a total thyroidectomy?

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A 40-year old male asked:

I broke my radius which did not form a soft callus after 8 weeks. I had a bone grafy three weeks ago. Could I benefit from calcitonin injections?

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A 47-year old asked:

What are the major effects of calcitonin?

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A 42-year old asked:

Which describes the medical use of calcitonin?

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A 43-year old asked:

What are the differences between calcitonin and calcitrol?

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A 38-year old asked:

What if given with calcitonin and increases the effectiveness?

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A 45-year old asked:

Can you tell me what happens when there is an increase in calcitonin.?

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A 46-year old asked:

How calcitonin functions in the glands?

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A 39-year old asked:

What gland makes calcitonin? Why does level drop?

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A 45-year old asked:

Why don't you get a calcitonin insufficiency after thyroidectomy?

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A 42-year old female asked:

Is calcitonin 6.7 pg/ml considered high level and suspicious for cancer? I also have a node 7.7 mm

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A 31-year old female asked:

Does an elevated level of thyroglobulin antibodies and calcitonin mean cancer?

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A 20-year old male asked:

What hormones from the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and possibly thyroid cause calcitonin to be released?

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A 20-year old male asked:

What hormones cause calcitonin and parathyroid hormone to be released? I know blood ca level has to do with it, but what hormones cause their release?

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A 29-year old female asked:

What is my dr testing for with these tests? Gastrin, tryptase, calcitonin, chromogranin a. Histamine, 5-hiaa, cortisol, free, 24hr urine

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A 20-year old male asked:

Does calcitonin have a circadian rhythm, and does it interact with parathyroid hormone's?

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A 26-year old male asked:

A 0.08ml thyroid nodule grew to 1, 44ml over 7y and new 0.03ml nodule found. Hormones ok, taking 50mg levothyroxin, fnac done in 07 - benign, calcitonin 12.3ng/l. Should i get thyroidectomy?

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A 37-year old male asked:

Male. Suffer from Hashimoto's. TSH is normal, no nodules on the thyroid but very vascularised (irritated), TPO is high 535 UI/mL. I'm concerned about Calcitonin level which is high 12.04 pg/mL. Is cancer possible?

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A 46-year old asked:

Is thyrocalcitonin an interchangable name for t3 (liothyronine)?

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A 32-year old asked:

What is required to convert vitiamin d to calcitoin?

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A 40-year old asked:

Can any doc tell me what's the difference between thyroxine, thyrocalcitonin and triiodothyronine?

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Is salmon-fish high in mercury?

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Can canned salmon have vitamin d in it?

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