manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of oThe use of certain calcium-citrate-malate for the steoporosis

摘要

Methods for building bone in a human or other animal subject, comprising administering to said subject a safe and effective amount of calcium citrate malate. The calcium citrate malate is preferably administered for at least about three months. A preferred method of the invention is for the treatment of osteoporosis. The calcium citrate malate comprises a complex of a mixture of calcium salts having a ratio of moles citrate to moles malate of from about 1:0.16 to about 1:13.5. The calcium citrate malate is preferably administered in an oral dosage form, containing pharmaceutically-acceptable carriers and excipients.