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Not to be confused with mildronate a clinically used cardioprotective drug that is used for the treatments of angina and myocardial infarction by inhibiting gamma-butyrobetaine dioxygenase.Medronic acid is the smallest bisphosphonate. Its complex with radioactive technetium 99mTc medronic acid is used in nuclear medicine to detect bone abnormalities including metastases.