Dipyridamole

Dipyridamole
Term	Dipyridamole
Short definition	Diphosphonate - (pronounced) (dy-FOS-foh-nayt) drug or substance used to treat hypercalcaemia (abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood) and bone pain caused by some types of cancer. Forms of diphosphonates are also used to treat osteoporosis and for bone imaging.
Type	Cancer terms
Specialty	Oncology
Language	English
Source	NCI
Comments

Dipyridamole - (pronounced) (DY-pih-RIH-duh-mole) A drug that prevents blood cells from clumping together and increases the effectiveness of fluorouracil and other chemotherapy drugs

External links

• Medical encyclopedia article on Dipyridamole
• Wikipedia's article - Dipyridamole

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