PHILADELPHIA, PA, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- According to six-month results of ongoing studies, women with postmenopausal osteoporosis taking once-monthly Boniva® (ibandronate sodium) were approximately 25 percent more likely to stay on therapy than women taking the once-weekly medications, alendronate or risedronate.(1) To ensure the results reflect the independent effect of once-monthly dosing with Boniva, the analyses controlled for factors that could affect persistence* with therapy, including age, other medical conditions, and out-of-pocket costs for the medications -- as recommended by leading health and pharmacoeconomic research organizations.(2,3) These findings were presented today at the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). The three medications studied were bisphosphonates, the most frequently prescribed class of medications for the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis.(4)
