Endocrine Abstracts

Cinacalcet decreases and normalizes serum calcium levels across a broad severity range of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), slightly reduces parathyroid hormone levels which generally remains elevated, whereas it has no effect on bone mineral density (BMD). Therefore, when administering cinacalcet to a patient with PHPT, concomitant treatment with an anti-catabolic drug should be considered.An open-labeled, prospective trial was conducted in 32 patient...