Stephan Christgau

TL;DR: The Serum CrossLaps One Step ELISA was capable of detecting a highly significant (P <0.001) effect of hormone replacement therapy in a retrospective study involving 22 postmenopausal women.

TL;DR: The results of this study demonstrate that samples for sCTx should be taken in the fasting state, and show that Nasal salmon calcitonin, an antiresorptive drug used for treatment of osteoporosis, was not able to break the circadian pattern whether the treatment was administered in the morning or the evening.

TL;DR: Water-soluble strontium salts have a water-solubility of from about 1 g/l to about 100 g/L at room temperature as mentioned in this paper. But they are not suitable for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cartilage and bone conditions and for methods of treating such condition.

TL;DR: Improved treatments of joint diseases such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and pain, wherein a strontium-containing compound is administered alone or in combination with one or more second therapeutically and/or prophylactically active substances, selected from the group consisting of bisphosphonates, glucosamine, pallitative agents, analgesic agents, disease modifying anti-rheumatic compounds (DMARDs), selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), aromatase inhibitors, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs),

TL;DR: A combination treatment, wherein a strontium-containing compound together with one or more active substances capable of reducing the incidence of bone fracture and increasing bone density and improving healing of fractured bone and/or improving bone quality are administered for use in the treatment and prophylaxis of cartilage and bone conditions, is described in this article.