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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joyce C Knutson, Madison, WI (US);
Charles W Bishop, Verona, WI (US);
Charles R Valliere, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Bone Care International, Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514167 ;
Abstract
Method of treating or preventing osteoporosis by administering orally a 1.alpha.-hydroxyprevitamin D. This previtamin D form increases vitamin D blood level without significant risk of hypercalcemia associated with other oral dosing of vitamin D forms. The 1.alpha.-hydroxyprevitamin is compounded into a pharmaceutical composition in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.