Actonel side effects | Risendronate side effects

Actonel side effects (Risedronate side effects )

The main Actonel side effects ( Risedronate side effects) are:

1. Diarrhea
2. Irritation of esophagus
3. Flu like symptoms
4. Upper gastro-intestinal tract toxicity – especially if the drug is taken with NAIDS (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapy ). It should be noted that a study done in 2001 showed that Actonel (Risedronate ) was more tolerable than Fosamax (alendronate) by women who had discontinued the use of Fosamax ( alendronate) because of gastro-intestinal irritation.
5. A 2006 study published in Drug Safety “Ophthalmologic events in patients receiving risedronate: summary of information gained from follow up in a prescription-event monitoring study in England concluded in part that: “Patients receiving risedronate can present with a variety of signs and symptoms affecting the eye with different degrees of severity. Patients may present after the first month of treatment. “Dry eye, sore eye and conjunctivitis were the most frequently reported events; there were also some incidents of eye inflammation.

Since Actonel ( Risedronate ) is a bisphosphonate, there are of course, some concerns about Osteonecrosis or ‘dead jaw’ a side effect that has begun to surface as a side effect of this group of drugs. Read summaries of some Osteonecrosis studies at Actonel side effects

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