ACTONEL-ONCE-A-MONTH TAB 150MG 1

Category: Prescription Drug

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What ACTONEL is used for

ACTONEL belongs to a group of medicines called bisphosphonates which are used to treat bone diseases.

ACTONEL works directly on your bones to make them stronger and therefore less likely to break or fracture.

ACTONEL 5mg daily and 35mg Once-a-Week tablets are used to treat:

• osteoporosis (brittle or fragile bones that may fracture easily)
• osteoporosis caused by taking steroids

ACTONEL 30mg tablets are used to treat:

• Paget`s disease of the bone.

Bone is a living tissue. Old bone is constantly removed from your skeleton and replaced with new bone.

Osteoporosis (brittle bone disease) is a disease that causes bones to become thinner. Thin bones break (fracture) easily.

Osteoporosis is common in women after the menopause (change of life) and is also more likely to occur in women who have reached the menopause early. However, osteoporosis can also occur in women who have not yet reached menopause, and can also occur in men.

Long term steroid treatment can also lead to osteoporosis in both men and women.

Many patients with osteoporosis have no symptoms and you may not even know that you have osteoporosis. However osteoporosis makes you more likely to break bones when you have a fall or sprain. The spine, hip and wrist are the most likely bones to break, although this can happen to any bone in your body. Osteoporosis can also cause back pain, height loss and a curved back.

In osteoporosis ACTONEL works by slowing down the process of old bone being removed. This allows the bone-forming cells time to rebuild normal bone.

ACTONEL also helps to rebuild bone mass. This creates stronger bone which is less likely to fracture. Therefore ACTONEL can reverse the progression of osteoporosis.

Paget`s disease occurs when the process of bone remodelling happens too quickly and in a disordered way. The new bone that is produced is weaker than normal and the affected bones may become enlarged, deformed, painful and may fracture.

• The skull, spine, legs, collar bone and pelvic bone are the most commonly affected.

There is no evidence that ACTONEL is addictive.

This medicine is available only with a doctor`s prescription.

ACTONEL is not recommended for use in people under the age of 18, as there have been no studies of its effects in this age group.

Ingredients

Active ingredient:

ACTONEL 5 mg tablet:

5 mg risedronate sodium per tablet

ACTONEL 30 mg tablet:

30 mg risedronate sodium per tablet

ACTONEL Once-a-Week 35 mg tablet:

35 mg risedronate sodium per tablet

Inactive ingredients:

microcrystalline cellulose

lactose

crospovidone

magnesium stearate

hypromellose

macrogol 400

macrogol 8000

silicon dioxide

titanium dioxide

hydroxypropylcellulose

iron oxide yellow (5mg and 35mg tablets only)

iron oxide red (35mg tablet only)

ACTONEL does not contain sucrose, gluten, tartrazine or any other azo dyes.

The 5mg tablets are supplied in pack sizes of 7 and 28 tablets.

The 30mg tablets are supplied in pack sizes of 28 tablets.

The 35mg tablets are supplied in pack sizes of 1 and 4 tablets.