Calcium Carbonate Risedronate

Calcium Carbonate Risedronate Brand Name– Actonel with Calcium

What is Calcium Carbonate Risedronate

Calcium Carbonate Risedronate is a co-packaged product of once weekly risedronate (35 mg/week) and once daily calcium carbonate (1250 mg/day, equivalent to 500 mg/day elemental calcium) for the remaining 6 days of the week.

The product is used to increase bone mass to treat or prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.

Risedronate is a potent oral second-generation pyridinyl bisphosphonate; it differs structurally from other available bisphosphonates due to the pyridinyl side chain shielding the active amino group.

Treatment with risedronate is associated with significant increases in bone mineral density (BMD) and reduces the risk for radiographic vertebral and non-vertebral fractures (e.g., hip fractures).

Bisphosphonates such as risedronate are generally considered to be first-line therapy for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.

For osteoporosis prevention, the second and third-generation bisphosphonates appear to offer similar benefits across the class to increase bone mineral density; the balance of costs, benefits, and harms of treating osteopenic patients with bisphosphonates is most favorable when the estimated risk for fracture is high.

As with other bisphosphonate products, supplements of vitamin D are recommended if dietary intake is inadequate and some patients may need additional calcium to provide adequate intake for their condition(s).

The risedronate with calcium product was initially approved by the FDA in 2005.

Indications

  • osteoporosis
  • osteoporosis prophylaxis

Side Effects

  1. abdominal pain
  2. angioedema
  3. arthralgia
  4. asthenia
  5. atrial fibrillation
  6. back pain
  7. bone fractures
  8. bone pain
  9. bullous rash
  10. cataracts
  11. chest pain (unspecified)
  12. conjunctivitis
  13. constipation
  14. depression
  15. diarrhea
  16. dizziness
  17. dysphagia
  18. eructation
  19. esophageal ulceration
  20. esophagitis
  21. flatulence
  22. gastric hypersecretion
  23. gastritis
  24. glossitis
  25. headache
  26. hypercalcemia
  27. hypertension
  28. hypocalcemia
  29. hypophosphatemia
  30. infection
  31. insomnia
  32. iritis
  33. metabolic alkalosis
  34. milk-alkali syndrome
  35. myalgia
  36. nausea
  37. nephrolithiasis
  38. ocular inflammation
  39. ocular pain
  40. oral ulceration
  41. osteonecrosis
  42. peptic ulcer
  43. peripheral edema
  44. pharyngitis
  45. pyrosis (heartburn)
  46. rash
  47. rhinitis
  48. Stevens-Johnson syndrome
  49. toxic epidermal necrolysis
  50. uveitis
  51. visual impairment
  52. vomiting
  53. weakness

Monitoring Parameters

  • serum 25(OH)hydroxyvitamin D concentrations
  • serum alkaline phosphatase
  • serum calcium
  • serum creatinine/BUN
  • serum phosphate

Contraindications

  • achlorhydria
  • anemia
  • breast-feeding
  • chemotherapy
  • children
  • coagulopathy
  • constipation
  • corticosteroid therapy
  • dehydration
  • dental disease
  • dental work
  • dysphagia
  • esophagitis
  • gastritis
  • gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
  • geriatric
  • GI bleeding
  • GI disease
  • GI obstruction
  • hiatal hernia
  • hypercalcemia
  • hypercalciuria
  • hyperparathyroidism
  • hypocalcemia
  • ileus
  • infection
  • laboratory test interference
  • nephrolithiasis
  • peptic ulcer disease
  • phosphonate hypersensitivity
  • pregnancy
  • renal disease
  • renal failure
  • renal impairment
  • sarcoidosis
  • vitamin D deficiency

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