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What is Risedronate?

Risedronate is a type of medication know as biphosponates. It is used to prevent and treat osteoporosis. It works by preventing bone breakdown and increasing bone density (thickness). Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Osteoporosis 39 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Osteopenia 15 5 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 14 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
Improve swallowing 1 0
General health 1 0
Treat side effects of another treatment 1 0

See all 60 patients currently taking Risedronate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 3
Mild
 0
None
 16

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Risedronate

Nausea 2
Heartburn 1
Sore throat (Pharyngitis) 1
Muscle pain 1
Sick to my stomach 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Risedronate. See all 17 dosages ►

  35mg as needed 5 mg weekly 30 mg monthly 35 mg monthly 75 mg monthly 30 mg weekly 150 mg monthly 5 mg daily 35 mg weekly 35 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 15 Number of Patients: 15 3 Number of Patients: 3 19 Number of Patients: 19 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Risedronate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 7   Other: 35%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 25%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 20%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 10%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 10%
Expense 2   Expense: 10%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 10%

See all 19 patients who’ve stopped taking Risedronate

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Risedronate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Risedronate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Risedronate

Always
 16 80%
Usually
 3 15%
Sometimes
 1 5%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Risedronate

Very
 2 10%
Somewhat
 4 20%
A little
 5 25%
Not at all
 9 45%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Risedronate

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 11%
$50-99
 1 11%
$25-49
 4 44%
< $25
 3 33%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.