Assertion: calcitonin | /r/ObjectUse | used for the treatment of osteoporosis
Facets:
value: based on evidence
type: OTHER
value: in women
type: OTHER
value: for many years
type: TEMPORAL
value: after menopause
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Calcitonin is a prescription medication used for the treatment of osteoporosis in women more than 5 years after menopause (end of monthly menstrual periods) who cannot or do not want to take estrogen products.
text: Calcitonin has been used in the treatment of osteoporosis for many years.
text: Calcitonin has been used for the treatment of osteoporosis for the past three decades, based on evidence that parenteral or intranasal calcitonin increases bone mass in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.