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What is Alendronate?

Alendronate is a bisphosphonate that is used to treat and prevent osteoporosis due to menopause, low bone mineral density or induced by glucocorticoid therapy; for Paget's disease of the bone in patients who are symptomatic, at risk for future complications or with elevated alkaline phosphatase.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Osteoporosis 85 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Osteopenia 38 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 26 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 15 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Bone loss preventative 6 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Treat side effects of another treatment 5 0

See all 156 patients currently taking Alendronate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 5
Moderate
 3
Mild
 3
None
 28

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

Swallowing difficulty (dysphagia) 2
Nausea 1
Heartburn 1
GI problems 1
Diarrhea 1
Joint pain 1
See all 9 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Alendronate. See all 25 dosages ►

  weekly 70mg as needed 10 mg weekly 70 mg monthly 35 mg weekly 70 mg every other week 40 mg weekly 70 mg/75 mL weekly 70 mg weekly 70 mg/75 mL daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 47 Number of Patients: 47 74 Number of Patients: 74 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Alendronate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 21   Doctor's advice: 40%
Side effects too severe 12   Side effects too severe: 23%
Personal research 11   Personal research: 21%
Other 9   Other: 17%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 6%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 2%

See all 50 patients who’ve stopped taking Alendronate

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

Currently Taking Alendronate

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

Stopped Taking Alendronate

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Alendronate

Always
 27 69%
Usually
 8 21%
Sometimes
 1 3%
Never
 3 8%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Alendronate

Very
 3 8%
Somewhat
 9 23%
A little
 10 26%
Not at all
 17 44%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Alendronate

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 4%
$50-99
 1 4%
$25-49
 2 8%
< $25
 22 85%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.