Tolerability of different dosing regimens of bisphosphonates for the treatment of osteoporosis and malignant bone disease

Drug Safety

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1133-1152

  Bobba, Raja S ^a   Beattie, Karen ^a   Parkinson, Bill ^a   Kumbhare, Dinesh ^a   Adachi, Jonathan D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CELECOXIB; DICLOFENAC; IBANDRONIC ACID; MISOPROSTOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PLACEBO; RALOXIFENE; RISEDRONIC ACID; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTHRALGIA; BONE DISEASE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG DOSE SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOCALCEMIA; JAW DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EDEMA; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VOMITING;

ALENDRONATE; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; BONE NEOPLASMS; DIPHOSPHONATES; ETIDRONIC ACID; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; OSTEONECROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 33845409592     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002018-200629120-00005     Document Type: Review

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