WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today said a jury found in its favor in the Glynn v. Merck case in the U.S. District Court for the District of New ...

May 20, 2003 — Compared with alendronate (Fosamax), risedronate (Actonel) is associated with fewer clinically severe adverse gastrointestinal (GI) events in the elderly, according to the results of ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My primary care doctor has prescribed the medication Evenity for my osteoporosis. I have been on Fosamax for about three years, but my recent bone density scan went down slightly in ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Why don’t you inform your patients about Fosamax causing a stroke? This is well studied, and my mother is currently hospitalized from stroke, most likely from Fosamax. Doctors need to ...

Denosumab Osteoporosis Trial Finds Patients Transitioned from Alendronate (Fosamax(R)) to Denosumab Achieved Significantly Greater Gains in Bone Mineral Density versus Those Continuing on Alendronate ...

Rockville, MD - US FDA officials have highlighted reports of severe bone, joint, and muscle pain associated with the bisphosphonates alendronate (Fosamax, Merck & Co) and risedronate (Actonel, Procter ...

Treatment with a common osteoporosis drug might help to stave off diabetes, according to new research. In a nationwide case-control study, adults treated with the bisphosphonate alendronate (Fosamax) ...

USES: Alendronate is used to prevent and treat fosamax tablet 70 mg types of bone loss osteoporosis in adults. Osteoporosis causes bones to become thinner and break more easily. Your chance of ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 69-year-old male who has been very active throughout my life. Two years ago, through a fall which resulted in a compression fracture of the T12 vertebra, I was diagnosed with ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 74-year-old man. I have a DEXA score of -3.3. I take 1,200 mg of calcium with vitamin D daily. I lift weights and swim two to three times a week. My doctor put me on Prolia, and ...

Two sequential osteoporotic medications were better than one at bolstering bone mineral density (BMD), new data showed. In a post-hoc analysis of the ACTIVExtend study, postmenopausal women with ...

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