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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck today said a unanimous federal court jury in New York found in its favor in the Maley v. Merck case, rejecting the claims of a plaintiff who blamed ...

These include the RANKL inhibitor denosumab (Prolia), the anabolic agents teriparatide (Forteo) and abaloparatide (Tymlos), ...

Alendronate Sodium Trihydrate. Changes to sections: 1, 2, 4. Additon of Barrets oesophagus to section 4. Patients should not crush or chew the tablet or allow the tablet to dissolve in their mouths ...

Long-term alendronate was associated with an increase in the number of osteoclasts, including distinctive giant, hypernucleated, detached osteoclasts undergoing protracted apoptosis, according to ...

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: 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 ...