Patient/caregiver was instructed upon therapeutic uses of calcitonin as follows:

Osteoporosis

• Senior citizens, post-menopausal women, and individuals with history of long-term steroid intake can present with increased resorption of bone, weakening of the skeletal structures, and osteoporosis.
• Administration of calcitonin in these individuals can help with increasing the deposition of calcium into the bone, thus contributing to a net increase in bone mass, thereby, strengthening the bones.

Paget’s disease

• This is a condition of defective bone remodeling and recycling, in adults, resulting in poor mineralization and weakening of bones, thus contributing to fractures, even at the slightest injury.
• Administration of calcitonin in these individuals can help with increasing the deposition of calcium into the bone, thus contributing to improved mineralization, increase in bone mass, thereby, strengthening the bones and helping to prevent fractures.