Zolchem

What Zolchem (Zoledronic acid) is used for

Zoledronic acid is a bone medicine from the bisphosphonate group. It sticks to bone and slows down the cells that break bone down, which helps make bones stronger and lowers the amount of calcium in the blood. It is not a tablet: it is given as a drip into a vein by a doctor or nurse trained to give it, usually in a hospital or clinic. Treatment is started and planned by specialist teams, such as bone (osteoporosis) or cancer teams. Different products are used for thin bones and for cancer-related bone problems, and the specialist decides which one, how much and how often.

• Thin, weak bones (osteoporosis) in women after the menopause and in men, including bone thinning caused by long-term steroid medicines
• Lowering the chance of another broken bone in adults who recently broke a hip in a minor fall
• Paget's disease of bone (a condition where bone grows in an abnormal way)
• Preventing bone problems, such as fractures, in adults whose cancer has spread to the bones, or who have myeloma
• Bringing down high blood calcium caused by cancer
• Helping to prevent bone loss in people taking aromatase inhibitor hormone medicines for cancer

Side effects, warnings and interactions for Zoledronic acid

Prepared from the sources listed by the MedInfoBase team. General information, not medical advice: it gives no doses. Your doctor or pharmacist decides the medicine and dose for you.