Medicare covers the injectable drug, Reclast, when a doctor deems it medically necessary for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis. There are specific eligibility criteria, including having ...

Reclast (zoledronic acid) is a medication that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for preventing and treating osteoporosis in females after menopause, males, and individuals who take ...

Zoledronic acid 5 mg/100 mL bottle; solution for IV infusion. Paget’s disease of bone is characterized by greatly increased and disorderly bone remodeling. Excessive osteoclastic bone resorption is ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: For the last few years, I have been taking yearly Reclast infusions for osteoporosis, because I have trouble taking oral medications of any kind. The infusion was given in February ...

Osteoporosis, a silent disease, weakens bones, leading to fractures, particularly in the hip, wrist, and spine. Affecting millions, especially women o ...

Some say a new treatment for the bone-weakening disease is a breakthrough. May 2, 2007 — -- A new option in the treatment of osteoporosis could one day change the way many of the 10 million ...

Osteoporosis is sometimes called a silent thief — you usually don't know you have it until you break a bone. Yet the disease ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis of the knee. What are your thoughts on a shot in the knee? -- D.L.G. ANSWER: Orthopedic surgeons generally recommend two kinds of shots. One is a ...