Active ingredients: Alendronic acid
FOSAMAX Once Weekly 70 mg tablets.
Tablet.
Oval white tablets, marked with an outline of a bone image on one side, and ‘31’ on the other.
Each tablet contains 70 mg alendronic acid (as sodium trihydrate).
Excipients with known effect: Each tablet contains 113.4 mg lactose (as lactose anhydrous).
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
Alendronic acid is a bisphosphonate that inhibits osteoclastic bone resorption with no direct effect on bone formation. The bone formed during treatment with alendronic acid is of normal quality.
Microcrystalline cellulose
Lactose anhydrous
Croscarmellose sodium
Magnesium stearate
Aluminum/aluminum blisters in cartons containing 2, 4, 8, 12 or 40 tablets.
Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited, Hertford Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire EN11 9BU, UK
PL 00025/0399
10 November 2000/9 November 2005