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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1995
Filed:
May. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald S Brenner, Norristown, PA (US);
Ashok V Katdare, Norristown, PA (US);
Denise Pretzer, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Donna T Whiteford, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514108 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a therapy protocol for treating and for preventing bone loss in patients who have difficulty in swallowing by administering a liquid formulation of alendronate which can be easily swallowed. Also described are pharmaceutical dosage forms of a syrup, aqueous solution, a solution formed from a reconstituted powder, of alendronate, for carrying out the therapeutic method.