
Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Hyperparathyroidism with Dr. Ole-Petter Hamnvik
Curbside Consults
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Is There a Role of Medication in Primary Hyperparatoritism?
The role of medication in managing hypeparottism is really limited. If the patient is not a surgical candidate or does not want to proceed with surgery, you could consider a medication and usua called sina calcet. The other reason for low calcium after parathard surgery is hungry bones - where calcium and phosphorus are deposited into the bone very rapidly. One way to assess whether a patient is at risk four hungry months inderom is to look at their alclen fasotes level prior to surgery. And if it's very high, then that would be a patient who is at high risk of hungry bones post top and on.
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