Bisphosphonate therapy is the current standard of care for the prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. Studies of anabolic therapy in patients who are receiving long-term ...

A recent review of alendronate for the treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIO) found that it significantly increased bone mineral density of the lumbar spine and femoral neck in ...

Radius Health announced new data from the ACTIVExtend study evaluating fracture risk reductions in postmenopausal women receiving Tymlos (abaloparatide) injection. The full findings were presented at ...

Heckbert SR, Li G, Cummings SR, Smith NL, Psaty BM. Use of alendronate and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in women. Arch Intern Med 2008;168:826-831. Data from the Group Health Atrial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Glucocorticoids are the mainstay of treatment of autoimmune inflammatory diseases, but it is also the leading ...

Adults with overweight or obesity, but not type 2 diabetes, lost 14.9% of their body weight after 46 weeks of receiving BI 456906, a novel glucagon/GLP-1 receptor agonist, during a phase 2 clinical ...

Romosozumab plus alendronate vs alendronate alone was associated with improved lumbar spine BMD among postmenopausal women with T2D and osteoporosis. Romosozumab followed by alendronate treatment ...

Compared with alendronate, teriparatide was associated with significantly greater pain reduction and better quality of life among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. Teriparatide has a favorable ...

Alendronate is frequently used to treat postmenopausal osteoporosis; however, the effects of long-term treatment on BMD, bone turnover, and fracture risk remain poorly characterized. The Fracture ...

Osteoporosis is a well-known complication of cardiac transplantation. We conducted a randomized trial comparing alendronate with calcitriol for the prevention of bone loss during the first year after ...

If alendronate 35 mg weekly is prescribed to maintain bone density, clinicians should also recommend supplemental calcium intake, such as 1,000–1,500 mg per day, and maintain serum vitamin 25OHD ...

Review the side-effects of Alendronate as documented in medical literature. The term "side effects" refers to unintended effects that can occur as a result of taking the medication. In majority of the ...