• Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients. • Pregnancy and lactation (see section 4.4 and 4.6) • Pre-existing hypercalcemia • Severe renal impairment • Metabolic bone diseases other than primary osteoporosis (including hyperparathyroidism and Paget’ s disease of the bone) • Unexplained elevations of alkaline phosphatase • Prior external beam or implant radiation therapy to the skeleton • Patients with skeletal malignancies or bone metastases should be excluded from treatment with teriparatide.