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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).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Osteoporosis 44 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Osteopenia 20 6 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 14 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
Support bone health 1 0
General health 1 0
Treat side effects of another treatment 1 0

See all 63 patients currently taking Risedronate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 5
Mild
 0
None
 15

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

Nausea 2
Heartburn 1
Mood swings 1
Sore throat (Pharyngitis) 1
Muscle pain 1
Excessive thirst (polydipsia) 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Risedronate. See all 18 dosages ►

  35mg as needed 30 mg monthly 35 mg monthly 75 mg monthly 30 mg weekly 150 mg monthly 5 mg daily 35 mg weekly 150 mg 35 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 14 Number of Patients: 14 3 Number of Patients: 3 22 Number of Patients: 22 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Risedronate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 11   Other: 39%
Doctor's advice 8   Doctor's advice: 29%
Side effects too severe 6   Side effects too severe: 21%
Personal research 4   Personal research: 14%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 11%
Expense 2   Expense: 7%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 7%

See all 27 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

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
 17 81%
Usually
 3 14%
Sometimes
 1 5%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Risedronate

Very
 2 10%
Somewhat
 4 19%
A little
 4 19%
Not at all
 11 52%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Risedronate

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 9%
$50-99
 1 9%
$25-49
 5 45%
< $25
 4 36%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.