Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A synthetic drug analog of pyrophosphate that acts primarily on bone to inhibit its resorption and is used to treat and prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
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- noun organic chemistry Any
salt orester ofalendronic acid - noun medicine The
sodium salt of alendronic acid used to treatosteoporosis
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- noun a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Our findings raise the possibility that severe suppression of bone turnover may develop during long-term alendronate therapy, resulting in increased susceptibility to, and delayed healing of, nonspinal fractures."
Merck funded and edited article in JAMA--surprise--supports Merck drug 2007
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Long-term alendronate treatment is associated with an increase in the number of osteoclasts, which include distinctive giant, hypernucleated, detached osteoclasts that are undergoing
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Long-term alendronate treatment is associated with an increase in the number of osteoclasts, which include distinctive giant, hypernucleated, detached osteoclasts that are undergoing
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Long-term alendronate treatment is associated with an increase in the number of osteoclasts, which include distinctive giant, hypernucleated, detached osteoclasts that are undergoing
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Long-term alendronate treatment is associated with an increase in the number of osteoclasts, which include distinctive giant, hypernucleated, detached osteoclasts that are undergoing
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Long-term alendronate treatment is associated with an increase in the number of osteoclasts, which include distinctive giant, hypernucleated, detached osteoclasts that are undergoing
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So for this post, I would like to discuss Fosamax aka alendronate and dentistry, because there is a definitive risk factor involved.
Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S.: Do the Osteoporosis Medicine Fosamax and Dental Work Mix? D.D.S. Thomas P. Connelly 2011
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So for this post, I would like to discuss Fosamax aka alendronate and dentistry, because there is a definitive risk factor involved.
Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S.: Do the Osteoporosis Medicine Fosamax and Dental Work Mix? D.D.S. Thomas P. Connelly 2011
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So for this post, I would like to discuss Fosamax aka alendronate and dentistry, because there is a definitive risk factor involved.
Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S.: Do the Osteoporosis Medicine Fosamax and Dental Work Mix? D.D.S. Thomas P. Connelly 2011
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So for this post, I would like to discuss Fosamax aka alendronate and dentistry, because there is a definitive risk factor involved.
Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S.: Do the Osteoporosis Medicine Fosamax and Dental Work Mix? D.D.S. Thomas P. Connelly 2011
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