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- noun organic chemistry, medicine Any
salt orester ofetidronic acid , but especially thesodium salt, which is used to reducecalcium loss frombones
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The drugs, called clodronate and etidronate, steal the DNA binding site, preventing relaxase from handling DNA.
New Way to Kill Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found | Impact Lab 2007
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Alternatives to estrogen include drugs called bisphosphonates, such as alendronate (Fosamax), etidronate (Didronel), and ibandronate (Boniva); selective estrogen receptor modulators such as raloxifene (Evista); and calcitonin.
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy M.D. Walter C. Willett 2005
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Alternatives to estrogen include drugs called bisphosphonates, such as alendronate (Fosamax), etidronate (Didronel), and ibandronate (Boniva); selective estrogen receptor modulators such as raloxifene (Evista); and calcitonin.
Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy M.D. Walter C. Willett 2005
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The efficacy of FOSAMAX 40 mg once daily for six months was demonstrated in two double-blind clinical studies of male and female patients with moderate to severe Paget's disease (alkaline phosphatase at least twice the upper limit of normal): a placebo-controlled, multinational study and a U.S. comparative study with etidronate disodium 400 mg/day.
unknown title 2009
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The guidance says that these patients cannot have alternative treatments, strontium ranelate, zoledronic acid or etidronate, unless their condition worsens and they have other aggravating factors.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009
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The compounds Miller studied are bisphosphonates known as ethane-1-hydroxy-1, 1-bisphosphonate or EHBP, which Miller said is chemically similar to Procter & Gamble's osteoporosis drug Didronel or etidronate.
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There are alternatives for those who cannot take alendronate (etidronate, risedronate, or strontium ranelate or, for secondary prevention only, raloxifene) but a prescription for one of these often requires even more stringent criteria.
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There are alternatives for those who cannot take alendronate (etidronate, risedronate, or strontium ranelate or, for secondary prevention only, raloxifene) but a prescription for one of these often requires even more stringent criteria.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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There are alternatives for those who cannot take alendronate (etidronate, risedronate, or strontium ranelate or, for secondary prevention only, raloxifene) but a prescription for one of these often requires even more stringent criteria.
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There are alternatives for those who cannot take alendronate (etidronate, risedronate, or strontium ranelate or, for secondary prevention only, raloxifene) but a prescription for one of these often requires even more stringent criteria.
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