Method for treating osteoporosis, osteopenia or low bone mineral density
A method for treating osteoporosis and related methods are disclosed. The methods generally comprise administering to a patient in need of treatment an effective amount of tris(8-quinolinolato)gallium(III) or an analog thereof.
1. A method for treating osteoporosis, osteopenia or low bone mineral density in a patient, said method comprising
(a) diagnosing said patient osteoporosis, osteopenia or low bone mineral density;
(b) identifying a patient as having osteoporosis, osteopenia or low bone mineral density according to the diagnosing in (a); and
(c) administering to said patient identified in (b) an effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof
wherein R 1 and R 2 are H, thereby treating said osteoporosis, osteopenia of low bone mineral density in said patient.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the diagnosing in (a) comprises measuring bone mineral density.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the patient has osteoporosis.