Alendronate Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Fosamax, Fosamax plus D, Alendro Once Weekly
Generic Name: Alendronate
What is Alendronate?
Alendronate is in the group of medicines called bisphosphonates (bis FOS fo nayts). It alters the cycle of bone formation and breakdown in the body. Alendronate slows bone loss while increasing bone mass, which may prevent bone fractures. Brand name is Fosamax.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Osteoporosis | 23 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 13 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 9 |
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1 | ||||
| Osteopenia | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Bladder problems | 1 | 0 | |||||
| prevent osteoporosis | 1 | 0 |
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Alendronate. See all 12 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Doctor's advice
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4 | 80% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 20% |
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Personal research
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1 | 20% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 20% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- pggycorp
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: moderate
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- pggycorp
- 70 mg/75 mL weekly
- since Apr 16, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Other
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Side Effects
None
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Report created on November 23, 2009.