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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Calcitonin reduces vertebral fractures Change in the spinal deformity index (SDI, with a higher value reflecting more deformity) in 72 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis treated with calcium alone or with nasal salmon calcitonin. There was less deformity in the calcitonin group (p <0.001). Data from Rico, H, Revilla, M, Hernandez, ER, et al, Calcif Tissue Int 1995; 56:181.