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USES: This medication is used after menopause to prevent bone weakening (osteoporosis).
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Evista
Uses
This medication is used after menopause to prevent bone weakening (osteoporosis).
Notes
- Do not share this medication with others.
- Smoking, alcohol use and lack of exercise have been linked to bone loss.
- Discuss these risk factors with your doctor.
Storage
- Store at room temperature between 68-77 degrees F (20-25 degrees C) away from light and moisture.
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How To Use
- HOW TO USE THIS MEDICATION: Take this medication by mouth, generally one tablet (60mg) daily with or without food.
- Calcium supplements and vitamin D are recommended if daily intake is not adequate.
- Consult your doctor or pharmacist.
Side Effects
- Hot flashes, stomach upset, trouble sleeping or sweating may occur.
- If these effects persist or worsen, notify your doctor promptly.
- Report promptly muscle aches or nasal stuffiness/pain.
- Unlikely but report promptly persistent fever, rash, breast pain, abnormal vaginal bleeding or discomfort, or chest pain.
- Very unlikely but report promptly leg cramps/pain/swelling, trouble breathing or vision changes.
- If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
Precautions
- Before using this drug, tell your doctor your medical history, including any allergies (especially drug allergies), blood clots, heart failure, cancer or liver disease.
- This drug should be stopped at least 3 days before and during long periods of inactivity (e.g., bed rest).
- Blood clots, though unlikely, are more common when not moving.
- Avoid long periods of sitting or lying down during travel.
- This drug should not be used during pregnancy.
- If you become pregnant or think you may be pregnant, inform your doctor immediately.
- It is not known if this drug is excreted into breast milk.
- Because of the potential risk to the infant, breast-feeding while using this drug is not recommended.
- Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
- This drug should not be used in children.
Missed Dose
- If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you remember.
- If it is near the time of the next dose, skip the missed dose and resume your usual dosing schedule.
- Do not "double-up" the dose to catch up.
Drug Interactions
- Tell your doctor of all nonprescription and prescription medication you may use, especially bile-acid resin drugs (such as cholestyramine), warfarin, clofibrate, certain "aspirin-like" NSAIDs (indomethacin, naproxen, ibuprofen), diazepam, diazoxide and estrogens (e.g., conjugated estrogens).
- This drug may alter certain laboratory tests, including cholesterol, thyroid, corticosteroid or other hormone tests.
- Do not start or stop any medicine without doctor or pharmacist approval.
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CONDITIONS OF USE: The information in this database is intended to supplement, not substitute for, the expertise and judgement of healthcare professionals. The information is not intended to cover all possible uses, directions, precautions, drug interactions or adverse effects, nor should it be construed to indicate that use of a particular drug is safe, appropriate or effective for you or anyone else. A healthcare professional should be consulted before taking any drug, changing any diet or commencing or discontinuing any course of treatment.
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