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What does SR stand for?

Strontium


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In the Treatment of Peripheral Osteoporosis (TROPOS) study, 5091 postmenopausal women (mean age, 77 years) with osteoporosis who were not receiving any antiosteoporosis medications were randomly assigned to receive, in double-blind fashion, 2 g per day of strontium ranelate (680 mg per day of elemental strontium) or placebo for five years.
Q: I'm concerned about taking large doses of strontium that's in your Ultimate Bone Support.
Previously, the rocks outside the crater ring were suspected to be older than those inside, but now researchers have for the first time been able to determine their precise age using a method based on the isotope ratios of strontium 87 to strontium 86 in the limestone.
These patients must wait up to five years for their condition to worsen by up to 60 per cent before they are allowed alternative medication, such as the drug strontium ranelate.
Patients with an intolerance are only eligible for the more costly drug strontium ranelate when their condition has reached a critical stage.
The team also looked at the strontium levels in the teeth of the skeletons.
Metals, such as aluminium and magnesium burn an electric white colour, while strontium and lithium salts give us a variety of reds.
The move should end strontium 90 contamination at the plant, company and regulatory officials say.

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