| SERM |
Selective estrogen receptor modulator. A drug that acts like estrogen on some tissues but blocks the effect of estrogen on other tissues. Tamoxifen and raloxifene are SERMs.
Ãâó: www.stjude.org/glossary
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A class of drugs used in the treatment of osteoporosis; they mimic the effect of estrogen but in a tissueselective manner.
Ãâó: www.spondylitis.org/patient_resources/glossary.asp...
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| sermorelin acetate |
the acetate salt of a synthetic peptide corresponding to a portion of growth hormonereleasing hormone; used in the treatment of idiopathic growth hormone deficiency in prepubertal children; administered subcutaneously.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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| SERM |
A hormone-like drug that affects multiple tissues by interacting with receptors for the hormone estrogen. A particular SERM may have estrogen-like effects in some tissues and anti-estrogen effects in others.
Ãâó: www.dnadirect.com/resource/conditions/breast_cance...
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| SERM |
SERM stands for Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator. SERMS are drugs that can act like an estrogen in some tissue and not like estrogen in other tissue. The two commonly used SERMs today are Tamoxifen and Raloxifene? These drugs act as "anti-estrogens" (ie, does not act like an estrogen) in the breast. However, they are "estrogenic" (ie, work like estrogen) when it comes to cholesterol levels and bone density (though they are not as powerful as "real" estrogens for bone density). ...
Ãâó: www.thinprep.com/women/women_breast_cancer_glossar...
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