Patent ID: 7749953

Claim:
A method of stimulating bone formation and inhibiting bone resorption in a subject having a bone disease or condition, comprising: administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound that stimulates bone formation and inhibits bone resorption, wherein said compound is an agonist of a cannabinoid receptor and wherein said subject having a bone disease or condition is a subject having a disease or condition selected from the group consisting of periodontal disease or defect, osteolytic bone disease other than osteoporosis, post-plastic surgery, post-orthopedic implantation, post-dental implantation, age-related osteoporosis, osteoporosis associated with post-menopausal hormone status, primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism, disuse osteoporosis, diabetes-related osteoporosis, osteoporosis associated with depression, osteoporosis associated with hypogonadism and glucocorticoid-related osteoporosis.