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FDA Medwatch Alert: Oral Osteoporosis Drugs (bisphosphonates): Drug Safety Communication - Potential Increased Risk of Esophageal Cancer

Includes: Fosamax (alendronate), Actonel (risedronate), Boniva (ibandronate), Atelvia (risedronate delayed release), Didronel (etidronate), and Skelid (tiludronate) ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Zometa (zoledronic acid) - Mar 25, 2005

Novartis and FDA notified healthcare professionals of revisions to the DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION and WARNINGS sections of the prescribing information to reflect new safety information on management...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Zometa (zoledronic acid) - May 18, 2005

Novartis and FDA notified dental healthcare professionals of revisions to the prescribing information to describe the occurence of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) observed in cancer patients receiving...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Zometa (zoledronic acid) Injection

FDA and Novartis notified healthcare professionals of revisions the PRECAUTIONS and ADVERSE REACTIONS sections of labeling, describing spontaneous reports of osteonecrosis of the jaw mainly in cancer...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Bisphosphonates (marketed as Actonel, Actonel+Ca, Aredia, Boniva, Didronel, Fosamax, Fosamax+D, Reclast, Skelid, and Zometa)

[Posted 01/07/2008] FDA informed healthcare professionals and patients of the possibility of severe and sometimes incapacitating bone, joint, and/or muscle (musculoskeletal) pain in patients taking...

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