A 62-year-old woman with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung presents with polyuria, polydipsia, hypercalcemia (12.5 mg/dL), and elevated PTHrP levels. She is diagnosed with humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (HHM) secondary to paraneoplastic PTHrP secretion. What is the drug of choice for acute symptomatic hypercalcemia in this patient?

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