Actonel Once a Week 35mg tablets

Riik: Suurbritannia

keel: inglise

Allikas: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Toimeaine:

Risedronate sodium

Saadav alates:

Mawdsley-Brooks & Company Ltd

ATC kood:

M05BA07

INN (Rahvusvaheline Nimetus):

Risedronate sodium

Annus:

35mg

Ravimvorm:

Oral tablet

Manustamisviis:

Oral

Klass:

No Controlled Drug Status

Retsepti tüüp:

Valid as a prescribable product

Toote kokkuvõte:

BNF: 06060200

Infovoldik

_S0973 LEAFLET Actonel 20190902 _
PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE PATIENT
ACTONEL
® ONCE A WEEK 35MG TABLETS
(RISEDRONATE SODIUM)
Your medicine is known as Actonel

once a week 35mg tablets but
will be referred to as Actonel once a week throughout the following
leaflet.
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS
MEDICINE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU.

Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.

If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or
pharmacist.

This medicine has been prescribed for you only. Do not pass it
on to others. It may harm them, even if their signs of illness are
the same as yours.

If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet.
See section 4.
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET
1.
What Actonel Once a Week is and what it is used for
2.
What you need to know before you take Actonel Once a Week
3.
How to take Actonel Once a Week
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Actonel Once a Week
6.
Contents of the pack and other information
1.
WHAT ACTONEL ONCE A WEEK IS AND WHAT IT IS USED
FOR
WHAT ACTONEL ONCE A WEEK IS
Actonel Once a Week belongs to a group of non-hormonal
medicines called bisphosphonates which are used to treat bone
diseases. It works directly on your bones to make them stronger
and therefore less likely to break.
Bone is a living tissue. Old bone is constantly removed from your
skeleton and replaced with new bone.
Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a condition occurring in women
after the menopause where the bones become weaker, more fragile
and more likely to break after a fall or strain.
Osteoporosis can also occur in men due to a number of causes
including ageing and/or a low level of the male hormone,
testosterone.
The spine, hip and wrist are the most likely bones to break,
although this can happen to any bone in your body. Osteoporosis–
related fractures can also cause back pain, height loss and a
curved back. Many patients with os