👤 Adult👶 Paediatric

Risedronate Sodium

1 brand name

Indications

Paget's disease of bone
Treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis to reduce risk of vertebral or hip fractures
Prevention of osteoporosis (including corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis) in postmenopausal women
Treatment of osteoporosis in men at high risk of fractures

Safety Information

🤰Pregnancy guidance available

🤱Breastfeeding guidance available

🫘Renal impairment guidance

⚠️Requires renal dose adjustment

Cautions

bisphosphonates Cautions, further information Elderly With oral use: Screening Tool of Older Persons' potentially inappropriate Prescriptions (STOPP) criteria to aid medication reviews (see Prescribin...

Side Effects

bisphosphonates Common or very common Alopecia; anaemia; appetite decreased; arthralgia; asthenia; chills; constipation; diarrhoea; dizziness; dysphagia; electrolyte imbalance; eye inflammation; fever...

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Brand Names

Actonel(IN, PK, SA, AE, EG, ZA, NG)

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Last reviewed: 2026

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