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Fosamax

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Fos·a·max (fs-mks)
A trademark for the drug alendronate sodium.

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obtained manufacturing approval for Fosamax Plus D - generic name: aledronate sodium - on July 26.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Fosamax (alendronate), the first drug shown to increase bone mass and significantly reduce the risk of fractures in women who already have osteoporosis.
Increasingly, experts are studying the possibility of using a combination of estrogen therapy or SERMS with Fosamax (alendronate), a biophosphonate approved in 1995 for the treatment of women with osteoporosis.
 
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