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Fosamax (Alendronate) Description
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Drug Uses
Fosamax is indicated for treatment and prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. For the treatment of osteoporosis, Fosamax increases bone mass and reduces the incidence of fractures, including those of the hip and spine. It is also indicated for the prevention of osteoporosis, treatment to increase bone mass in men with osteoporosis, treatment of glucocorticoid. It is used to treat induced osteoporosis in men and women receiving glucocorticoids in a daily dosage equivalent to 7.5 mg or greater of prednisone and who have low bone mineral density, treatment of Paget's disease of bone in men and women.
How Taken Fosamax comes like a tablet to take by oral route. It must in the morning be taken once to the day in an empty stomach. Fosamax is due to take with a full crystal (6-8 ounces) of level water. To at least wait for 30 minutes after taking Fosamax before commas, you drink, or you take other medications. Not to take Fosamax with mineral water, the coffee, the orange juice, milky milk, or other products. Not to inhale nor to chew the tablet; to swallow the whole tablet. 30 minutes do not lie down at least after taking Fosamax. Being stopped or seating vertically aids you obtain the complete dose and you diminish heartburn or the risk of injury to your esophagus. Warnings/Precautions Before taking Fosamax, to say to your doctor if you have a problem who swallows, for example to narrow of the esophagus; to have ulcers of the esophagus or a disease of the esophagus; to have a condition that causes low levels of calcium in the body; to have disease of the kidney; to have ulcers of the stomach or other problems of the stomach or digestives; or not to be able to be unemployed or to seat at least 30 minutes vertically. You cannot be able to take Fosamax, or you can require an adjustment of the metering or a special supervision during the treatment if beams conditions of enumerating them above. Fosamax is in category C. of the pregnancy of the FDA. This means that it is not known if Fosamax will be harmful to a baby of unborn. Not to take Fosamax without first speaking with your doctor if you are embarrassed nor could arrive to be embarrassed during the treatment. One does not know if Fosamax happens in maternal milk. Not to take Fosamax without first speaking with your doctor if you are nursing baby. Missed Dose If daily Fosamax takings and lack a dose, jump that it doses and it regularly takes to dose to program following the following day. To lack a dose will not affect your treatment. Not to take two tablets at the same time. If takings a Fosamax once per week and lack a dose, to take the dose lacked in the morning after you remember. Not to take two tablets ignited he himself day. To return to once take a tablet per week, according to originally programming it in your chosen day. Possible Side Effects To stop taking from Fosamax if you experience serious indirect effect of following uces of: an allergic reaction (breathing of the difficulty; it closes of the throat; swelling of the lips, the tongue-piece, or the face; or beehives); Emergency or to char it of the search to your doctor if you have difficulty or you hurt when swallowing; pain chest; pain or burning itself underneath the ribs or in the posteriora part; or new or making worse heartburn. Another one, the less serious indirect effect can be more probable to happen. To continue taking Fosamax and speaking with your doctor if you experience abdominal malaise; upheaval, nausea, vomiting, diarrea, or constipation of the stomach; headache; common muscle, bone, or pain or pains; pain the eye; an eruption; or an altered sense of the pleasure. The indirect effect with exception of those enumerated here can also happen. To speak with your doctor on any indirect effect that looks like unusual or that he is specially annoying. Storage Warehouse in a package well-closed in the room temperature, 15-30°C (59-86°F). Overdose Hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia, and the superior gastrointestinales adverse events, such as upset stomach, heartburn, esophagitis, gastritis, or ulcer, can be from the oral excessive metering. If you think that it has happened an overdose, to call a quarter of emergency or to poison the control center. |
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