Original GlobalRPh source
- Product / population
- Preserved GlobalRPh source, not a freshly verified product label
- Renal measure
- Use the method specified in the original source
Historical source: not automatically current. Review current official labeling and separately attributed additions before use.
ACTONEL source regimens; do not transfer administration instructions to delayed-release risedronate.
Usual Dosing (Adults)
Postmenopausal osteoporosis treatment: 5 mg daily, 35 mg weekly, 75 mg on two consecutive days each month, or 150 mg monthly. Prevention: 5 mg daily or 35 mg weekly; the two monthly alternatives may also be considered. Men with osteoporosis: 35 mg weekly. Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis treatment/prevention: 5 mg daily. Paget disease: 30 mg daily for 2 months; after at least 2 months of observation, the same course may be repeated for relapse or failure to normalize alkaline phosphatase. More than one retreatment course was not studied in the source.
Renal Dosing
Not recommended with severe impairment, CrCl below 30 mL/min.
Hemodialysis
The source repeats the CrCl-below-30 restriction.