METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS

摘要

A combination of the following active ingredients for treating osteoporosis: (a) a pharmacologically-acceptable alkalinizing potassi um salt which produces hydroxyl ions and is thereby capable of reducing the aci dity of tissue fluids or urine and which is selected fro m the group consisting of potassium bicarbonate and potassium salts of carboxylic acids which are transformed to bicarbonate and thus alka linize in vivo; and (b) a thiazide diuretic.