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Fosamax |
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Fosamax is prescribed for theprevention and treatment of osteoporosis, the brittle bone disease, inpostmenopausal women.It is also used to increase bone mass in men withosteoporosis, and is prescribed for both men and women who have developed a form of osteoporosis sometimes caused by steroid medications such as prednisone. This drug can also be used torelieve Paget's disease of bone, a painful condition that weakens and deforms the bones. |
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Abdominal pain, bone and joint pain, constipation, diarrhea, indigestion, muscle pain, nausea |
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Merck & Company Inc |
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US Human Health, PO Box 4-Wp 39-267 |
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West Point, PA 19486-0004 |
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USA |
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