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Alendronate
Alendronate is used for: Treating and preventing osteoporosis in certain patients. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.
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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. Alendronate is used to treat or prevent postmenopausal...
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Alendronate
Alendronate sodium is a bisphosphonate that acts as a specific inhibitor of osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. Bisphosphonates are synthetic analogs of pyrophosphate that bind to the hydroxyapatite found in bone.
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Alendronate Sodium
Inhibits bone resorption and increases bone density.
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Alendronate sodium
Fosamax is prescribed for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, the brittle bone disease, in postmenopausal women. It is also used to increase bone mass in men with osteoporosis, and is prescribed for both men and women who have developed a form of osteoporosis sometimes caused by steroid...
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See also: Aseptic Necrosis, Osteoporosis, Paget's Disease, Prevention of Osteoporosis

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