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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 98 19 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Osteopenia 47 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 27 9 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 1 Efficacy_none

See all 163 patients currently taking Alendronate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 7
Moderate
 4
Mild
 3
None
 35

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

Swallowing difficulty (dysphagia) 2
Nausea 1
Heartburn 1
GI problems 1
Acid reflux 1
Diarrhea 1
See all 13 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

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

  70mg as needed weekly 10 mg weekly 70 mg monthly 35 mg weekly 70 mg every other week 70 mg weekly 70 mg/75 mL weekly 40 mg daily 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 8 Number of Patients: 8 3 Number of Patients: 3 80 Number of Patients: 80 45 Number of Patients: 45 2 Number of Patients: 2 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 26   Doctor's advice: 38%
Side effects too severe 20   Side effects too severe: 29%
Other 14   Other: 20%
Personal research 13   Personal research: 19%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 6%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 1%

See all 66 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
 32 65%
Usually
 12 24%
Sometimes
 2 4%
Never
 3 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Alendronate

Very
 4 8%
Somewhat
 13 27%
A little
 12 24%
Not at all
 20 41%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Alendronate

$200+
 1 3%
$100-199
 1 3%
$50-99
 1 3%
$25-49
 2 6%
< $25
 26 84%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.