The invention encompasses a method of inhibiting bone resorption in patients in need of such inhibition to a degree sufficient to halt or retard loss of bone mass, reduce fractures, improve bone repair and prevent or treat osteoporosis comprising: the administration of a non-toxic therapeutically effective amount of a selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor such as the compounds of formula I. ##STR1## The invention also encompasses certain pharmaceutical compositions for the purposes described above.
本发明涵盖了一种抑制骨质吸收的方法,适用于需要这种抑制的患者,以足以停止或减缓骨质流失,减少骨折,改善骨修复并预防或治疗骨质疏松症,包括:给予非毒性治疗有效量的选择性环氧合酶-2
抑制剂,例如式I的化合物。 ##STR1## 本发明还涵盖了某些药物组合物,用于上述目的。