Treatment of androgen-deprivation induced osteoporosis

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12071591

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This invention provides a method of treating androgen-deprivation induced osteoporosis, bone fractures or loss of bone mineral density (BMD) in a male human subject suffering from prostate cancer, wherein the subject has a precipitous decline in androgen levels, by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising Toremifene or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, or any combination thereof, to the subject, wherein the method increases bone density without increasing androgen and specifically testosterone levels in the subject.

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GTX INCSTE 1500 600 JEFFERSON ST LAFAYETTE LA 70501

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Steiner, Mitchell S Germantown, TN 79 1175
Veverka, Karen A Cordova, TN 39 1182

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