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        <journal-title>American Journal of Pharmacy and Health Research</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">AJPHR</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2321-3647</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">AJPHR202011</article-id>
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        <article-title>Assessment of Overall Incidence of Esophagogastric and Swallowing/Choking Adverse Events of Alendronate Tablets</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Krishnan</surname>
            <given-names>Kiran</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Krishnasamy</surname>
            <given-names>Kathiresan</given-names>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2014-02-01">
        <month>02</month>
        <day>01</day>
        <year>2014</year>
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      <volume>2</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <abstract>
        <p>Alendronate sodium is a nitrogen-containing synthetic bisphosphonate used in the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, treatment to increase bone mass in men with osteoporosis, treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis and treatment of Paget&apos;s disease of bone. Alendronate sodium was approved by US FDA in 2000 later, generic applications was approved by FDA approved in 2008. Adverse reactions were reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure.The present study was aimed to evaluate the overall incidence of esophagogastric and swallowing/choking adverse events for Alendronate. All case reports with adverse events/reactions reported for Alendronate Sodium from the international birth date between 17-Feb-2004 to 16-Dec-2013 were retrieved from the safety database. The  estimated  incidence  of  the  relevant  adverse  events  suggestive  of esophagogastric and swallowing/ choking in relation to the exposure data is as follows (a) Serious events - 0.0681 events per million patient days or 6.81% and (b) Non-serious events - 0.1431 events per million patient days or 14.31%. The study result have shown that the estimated incidence of the relevant adverse events suggestive of esophagogastric and swallowing/ choking in relation to the exposure data were 6.81 % serious and 14.31 % non-serious. Key words: Alendronate Tablets, Esophagogastric, Swallowing/Choking Adverse Events, Alendronate Sodium  </p>
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        <kwd>Alendronate Tablets</kwd>
        <kwd>Esophagogastric</kwd>
        <kwd>Swallowing/Choking Adverse Events</kwd>
        <kwd>Alendronate Sodium</kwd>
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