Risedronate
Therapeutic Group
Drugs For Treatment Of Bone DiseasesIndication Dosage
Paget's Disease Of Bone:
- Adult: 30 Mg Daily For 2 Months, Course May Berepeated If Necessary After At Least 2 Months
Treatment Of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis To Reduce Risk of Vertebral Or Hip Fractures:
- Adult (Female): 5 Mg Daily, Alternatively 35 Mg Onceweekly.
Prevention Of Osteoporosis (including Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis) In Postmenopausal Women:
- Adult (Female): 5 Mg Daily.
Treatment Of Osteoporosis In Men At High Risk Of Fractures:
- Adult (Male): 35 Mg Once Weekly.
Content
- Tab 5mg /150mg: Risedronate Sodium 5mg /150mg.
- OW (Once Weekly) Tab 35mg: Risedronate Sodium 35mg.
Pregnancy
Contraindicated
Stability
- Bisphosphonate
Contra Indications
- Hypocalcaemia, Severe Renal Impairment.
Precautions
- Hypocalcaemia, Severe Renal Impairment.
Lactation
- Contraindicated or Not Recommended.
Side Effects
- Abdominal Pain
- Constipation
- Diarrhoea
- Dyspepsia
- Headache
- Musculoskeletal Pain
- Nausea
- Duodenitis
- Dysphagia
- Gastritis
- Oesophageal Ulcer
- Oesophagitis
- Uveitis
- Cutaneous Vasculitis
- Gastroduodenal Ulceration
- Hair Loss
- Hepatic Disorders
- Osteonecrosis Of The Jaw
- Stevens-johnson Syndrome
- Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis. Rare Atypical Femoral Fractures
- Glossitis
- Oesophageal Stricture