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Descriptor English: Alendronate
Descriptor Spanish: Alendronato
Descriptor alendronato
Scope note: Medicamento no hormonal para el tratamiento de la osteoporosis postmenopáusica en mujeres. Este medicamento fabrica hueso sano, restableciendo parte de la pérdida ósea como consecuencia de osteoporosis.
Descriptor Portuguese: Alendronato
Descriptor French: Alendronate
Entry term(s): 4-Amino-1-Hydroxybutylidene 1,1-Biphosphonate
Alendronate Monosodium Salt, Trihydrate
Alendronate Sodium
Aminohydroxybutane Bisphosphonate
Fosamax
MK 217
MK-217
MK217
Tree number(s): D02.705.429.500.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019386
Scope note: A nonhormonal medication for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis in women. This drug builds healthy bone, restoring some of the bone loss as a result of osteoporosis.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Bone Density Conservation Agents
Registry Number: X1J18R4W8P
Previous Indexing: Diphosphonates (1987-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 1997; ALENDRONATE was indexed under DIPHOSPHONATES 1987-1996
History Note: 1997 (1987)
DeCS ID: 32988
Unique ID: D019386
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2018/02/28
Alendronate - Preferred
Concept UI M0028852
Scope note A nonhormonal medication for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis in women. This drug builds healthy bone, restoring some of the bone loss as a result of osteoporosis.
Preferred term Alendronate
Entry term(s) 4-Amino-1-Hydroxybutylidene 1,1-Biphosphonate
Aminohydroxybutane Bisphosphonate
MK-217 - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0028851
Preferred term MK-217
Entry term(s) MK 217
MK217
Alendronate Monosodium Salt, Trihydrate - Narrower
Concept UI M000638656
Preferred term Alendronate Monosodium Salt, Trihydrate
Alendronate Sodium - Narrower
Concept UI M0329075
Preferred term Alendronate Sodium
Fosamax - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0028853
Preferred term Fosamax



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