alendronate sodium

alendronate sodium
alen·dro·nate sodium (ə-lenґdro-nāt) a bisphosphonate calcium-regulating agent used to inhibit the resorption of bone in the treatment of osteitis deformans and of hypercalcemia related to malignancy, and in the treatment and prophylaxis of osteoporosis; administered orally.

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