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What is an alendronate?

What is an alendronate? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of alendronic acid
  2. (pharmacology) The sodium salt of alendronic acid used to treat osteoporosis
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Several patients continued taking alendronate after the occurrence of symptoms suggestive of esophageal irritation.
Atypical fractures of the femoral diaphysis in postmenopausal women taking alendronate.
Ergocalciferol had similar efficacy to calcitriol but appeared inferior to alendronate in sustaining or improving bone mass for patients on glucocorticoids.
Vitamin K2, raloxifene, and bisphosphonates, such as etidronate, alendronate, and risedronate, are widely used in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis in Japan.
In this report, we analyze uptake of these drugs over the next several years and the implications for other drugs in the Japanese market, such as alendronate and risedronate.
We describe the case of a 77-year-old man who presented with hemoptysis secondary to laryngeal ulceration caused by the inadvertent misuse of alendronate.

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