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Drug
Description with Inactive ingredients
Actonel is a pyridinyl bisphosphonate that inhibits osteoclast-mediated
bone resorption and modulates bone metabolism. For the oral administration
each Actonel tablet contains the equivalent of 5, 30, or 35 mg of anhydrous
risedronate sodium in the form of the hemi-pentahydrate with small amounts
of monohydrate. The C7H10NO7P2Na °2 5 H2O is the experimental formula
of risedronate sodium hemi-pentahydrate. The chemical name of risedronate
sodium is [1-hydroxy-2-(3-pyridinyl) ethylidene]bis[phosphonic acid] monosodium
salt. Molecular Weight: Anhydrous: 305.10 Hemi-pentahydrate: 350.13
Risedronate sodium is a fine, white to off-white in color, odorless, crystalline
powder. It is soluble in water and in aqueous solutions, and essentially
insoluble in common organic solvents.
Inactive Ingredients:
Hydroxypropyl cellulose, Crospovidone, ferric oxide red but 35-mg tablets
only, ferric oxide yellow but 5 and 35-mg tablets only, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose,
lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene
glycol, silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide are the inactive ingredients of
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