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What is Zoledronic acid?

Zoledronic acid is a bisphosphonate used in the treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy (albumin-corrected serum calcium ≥12 mg/dL), multiple myeloma, bone metastases of solid tumors, Paget's disease of bone, postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Osteoporosis 20 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Osteopenia 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
IBC (Inflammatory Breast Cancer) 1 0
Pain 1 0
Other 1 1 Efficacy_none
D3 defiencancy 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 21 patients currently taking Zoledronic acid

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Zoledronic acid

Flu like symptoms 1
Bone Pain 1

Reported Dosages

  4 mg/5 mL yearly 1 intl units yearly 1 mg yearly 4 mg/5 mL yearly 5 mg/100 mL yearly 4 mg every 3 months 4 mg/5 mL monthly 4 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Zoledronic acid (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 75%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 25%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 25%
Other 1   Other: 25%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking Zoledronic acid

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

Currently Taking Zoledronic acid

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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 Zoledronic acid

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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
0

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Zoledronic acid

Always
 3 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Zoledronic acid

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Zoledronic acid

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 50%
< $25
 1 50%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.