Assertion: calcitonin | /r/CapableOf | slow bone loss
Facets:
value: in some patients
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: It slows bone loss and helps to increase bone density in the spine.
text: Calcitonin is used therapeutically, by injection or nasal spray, in the case of osteoporosis to help slow down bone loss.
text: —Although calcitonin may increase bone mass or {09} {25} help slow the loss of bone mass in some patients, questions still remain as to whether treatment with calcitonin will actually decrease the incidence of compression fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.