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Generic Fosamax (Alendronate Sodium, Fosamax® equivalent)
Fosamax (Alendronate sodium) is FDA-approved medication for the prevention or treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. In addition, Fosamax is approved for the treatment of women and men with osteoporosis resulting from the long-term use of steroid medications such as prednisone or cortisoneAlendronate sodium is the generic name for Fosamax. Fosamax is chemically known as a bisphosphonate medication. It is not a hormone. Fosamax works only on the bone and does not affect the heart, breast, uterus, or other parts of the body.
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70mg
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MEASURING OBESITY
The methods of assessment that are most relevant to non-research-based clinicians are BMI, waist circumference and bioimpedance analysis. These three forms of analysis are discussed in detail below.
Many different techniques exist to measure levels of body fat mass. Some of these, including potassium - 40 counting and in vivo neutron-activation analysis, are of interest only to scientific researchers because they do not currently have any real practical applications. Others, such as computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance image (MRI) scanning, have useful clinical applications. In particular, they offer accurate results and can capture specific organ adiposity levels. However, access is limited to a few specialist centres and these techniques have little relevance to the majority of clinicians at the current time. They do, however, have an added use in helping to calibrate other more accessible methods of fat mass assessment. Of these, hydrometry - using isotope-labelled water - is the most accurate method of assessment in the very obese (>200 kg). Underwater weighing systems have been used for more than 100 years and are cheap to build, although the requirement for a large water tank - big enough for the very overweight - makes them an unlikely piece of equipment in the doctor's office! Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans have proved useful in body composition analysis. They are safe and accurate and, although expensive, their application in several different medical fields makes them an attractive addition to some hospital centres.
Bioimpedance analysis is gaining acceptance as an accurate and inexpensive technique to measure body fat mass, and is usually very acceptable to patients. Other simpler clinical measurements include skin-fold thickness and the waist: hip ratio. Selected skin-fold thickness provides an estimate of fat distribution, but largely estimates subcutaneous fat. With the development of bioimpedance technology there seems little clinical application for skin-fold thickness today. The waist: hip ratio used to be used as an indicator of clinical risk but has been shown to be less accurate than the simpler waist circumference, and so has fallen into disuse.
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