Etidronate Other names: Disodium etidronate 1-hydroxyethane Etidronic acid 1,1-diphosphonic acid

Chemical formula: C₂H₈O₇P₂  Molecular mass: 206.028 g/mol  PubChem compound: 3305

Therapeutic indications

Etidronate is indicated for:

Indication

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Paget's disease of bone [osteitis deformans]

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Indication

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

Heterotopic ossification

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Indication

Population group: women, only adults (18 years old or older)

at least one of
Postmenopausal osteoporosis with pathological fracture
Postmenopausal osteoporosis

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Contraindications

Etidronate is contraindicated in the following cases:

Contraindication

at least one of
Renal failure
Pregnancy
Lactation
Noninfective enteritis and colitis
Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile
Salmonella enteritis
Other intestinal Escherichia coli infections
Campylobacter enteritis
Enteritis due to Yersinia enterocolitica
Bacterial intestinal infection, unspecified
Foodborne Clostridium perfringens [Clostridium welchii] intoxication
Rotaviral enteritis
Acute gastroenteropathy due to Norwalk agent
Adenoviral enteritis
Other viral enteritis
Viral intestinal infection, unspecified
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin
Tuberculosis of intestines, peritoneum and mesenteric glands
Extraintestinal yersiniosis
Candidiasis of other sites

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