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The National Osteoporosis Foundation reports that osteoporosis currently afflicts more than 10 million Americans, while an additional 34 million have osteopenia. Osteopenia is the required precursor to osteoporosis. The lack of safe, efficient therapy for osteopenia beyond lifestyle changes with calcium and vitamin D leaves many patients and physicians with a lack of options.
Fosteum, the first prescription product developed to safely meet the nutritional requirements of patients with osteopenia and osteoporosis, is being introduced nationally by Primus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Fosteum's genistein, which was evaluated in this clinical study, is highly concentrated and cannot be achieved simply through dietary change. According to Dr. Squadrito, "To obtain the amount of genistein found in two capsules of Fosteum, one would have to consume 26 pounds of soybeans or over two gallons of soy milk each day." Since no other product contains the same genistein as found in Fosteum, Dr. Squadrito urges caution in transferring the information in his paper to supplements purporting to contain genistein: "Supplements contain much lower concentrations of genistein and have other, sometimes unidentified, compounds in addition to genistein."
For more information on Fosteum, please visit www.fosteum.com.
About Primus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Primus is the first pharmaceutical company to focus on
prescription metabolic products dedicated to improving patient
quality of life without compromising safety. Primus develops
branded prescription drugs and medical foods that are proven safe
and effective in chronic or recurring diseases. The Company's
needs-based process to develop first-line prescription products
formulated to restore metabolic processes at the disease source
(rather than masking symptoms) is novel and proprietary. Primus
promotes to targeted physician specialists and extends its sale
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