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Etidronate

Etidronate (Didronel) is a bisphosphonate used for Paget’s disease of bone and heterotopic ossification. This page lists the one formulation currently in the MedicForce catalogue.

Didronel

Paget's Disease of Bone, Heterotopic Ossification

200mg

Etidronate tablets for Paget's disease and abnormal bone deposits. It helps regulate how the body deposits calcium.

From$1.21/ tabletView

Key points

  • Bisphosphonate Etidronate slows bone turnover, which can reduce the excessive and disorganised bone remodelling seen in Paget’s disease.
  • Didronel 200 mg tablet is the only formulation listed and the originator brand from Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals.

What Etidronate is used for

The bisphosphonate etidronate is listed for Paget’s disease of bone, where bone renewal accelerates and becomes disorganised, and for heterotopic ossification, where bone forms in soft tissue where it should not. Paget’s Disease of Bone Heterotopic Ossification Bone Health

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