Etidronic Acid

In some countries, this medicine may only be approved for veterinary use.

Scheme

Rec.INN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

M05BA01

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0002809-21-4

Chemical Formula

C2-H8-O7-P2

Molecular Weight

206

Therapeutic Category

Calcium regulator

Chemical Name

Phosphonic acid, (1-hydroxyethylidene)bis-

Foreign Names

• Acidum etidronicum (Latin)
• Etidronsäure (German)
• Acide étidronique (French)
• Acido etidronico (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Acide étidronique (OS: DCF)
• Acido etidronico (OS: DCIT)
• Etidronic Acid (OS: BAN, USAN)
• EHDP (IS)
• Disodium Etidronate (OS: BANM)
• Etidronate Disodium (OS: USAN)
• Etidronsäure dinatrium (IS)
• Dinatrii etidronas (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Etidronate Disodium (PH: BP 2010, Ph. Eur. 6, USP 32)

Brand Names

• CO Etidronate
  Cobalt, Canada



• Anfozan
  Proel, Greece



• CO Etidrocal (Etidronic Acid and Calcium Carbonate)
  Cobalt, Canada



• Didrocal (Etidronic Acid and Calcium Carbonate)
  Pfizer, Australia; Procter & Gamble, Canada



• Didrokit (Etidronic Acid and Calcium Carbonate)
  Combiphar, Netherlands; Dr. Fisher, Netherlands; EU-Pharma, Netherlands; Euro, Netherlands; Procter & Gamble, Netherlands



• Didronat
  Koçak, Turkey



• Didronate/Calcium Procter & Gamble (Etidronic Acid and Calcium Carbonate)
  Procter&Gamble, Denmark



• Didronate
  Procter & Gamble, Finland; Procter & Gamble, Iceland; Procter & Gamble, Norway; Procter & Gamble, Sweden; Procter&Gamble, Denmark



• Didronate + Calcium (Etidronic Acid and Calcium Carbonate)
  Procter & Gamble, Finland



• Didronel Europharma DK
  Procter&Gamble, Denmark



• Didronel Orifarm
  Procter&Gamble, Denmark



• Didronel Paranova
  Procter&Gamble, Denmark



• Didronel
  Dainippon Sumitomo, Japan; Pfizer, Australia; Pfizer, New Zealand; Procter & Gamble, Canada; Procter & Gamble, Germany; Procter & Gamble, France; Procter & Gamble, United Kingdom; Procter & Gamble, Ireland; Procter & Gamble, Israel; Procter & Gamble, Luxembourg; Procter & Gamble, Tunisia; Procter & Gamble, United States; Sanofi-Aventis, Austria



• Didronel (veterinary use)
  Procter & Gamble Animals, United Kingdom



• Didronel PMO (Etidronic Acid and Calcium Carbonate)
  Procter & Gamble, United Kingdom



• Didronel-Kit (Etidronic Acid and Calcium Carbonate)
  Procter & Gamble, Germany



• Difosfen
  Inmunosyn, Colombia; Omedir, Argentina; Rubio, Spain; Rubio, Poland; Rubio, Singapore



• Diphos
  Procter & Gamble, Germany



• Dronate-Os
  BDH, India



• Etidrate
  Pacific, New Zealand



• Etidron Hexal
  Hexal, Germany



• Etidron
  Abiogen, Italy



• Etidronat Jenapharm
  Mibe Jena, Germany



• Etidronate Disodium
  Mylan, United States



• Etidronate Mylan
  Mylan, France



• Etidronate Sandoz
  Sandoz, France



• Etiplus
  Biospray, Greece



• Feminoflex
  Medicus, Greece



• Gen-Eti-Cal Carepac (Etidronic Acid and Calcium Carbonate)
  Genpharm, Canada



• Gen-Etidronate
  Genpharm, Canada



• Maxibral
  Demo, Greece



• Oflocin
  Farmedia, Greece



• Osfo
  Gap, Greece



• Ostedron
  ICN, Poland; Kleva, Greece



• Osteodidronel
  Procter & Gamble, Belgium



• Osteodrug
  Med-One, Greece



• Osteoton
  png Gerolymatos, Greece



• Osteum
  Viñas, Spain



• Ostogene
  Genepharm, Greece



• Ostopor
  Uni-Pharma, Greece



• Somaflex
  Cosmopharm, Greece



• Sviroxit
  Rafarm, Greece



• Tilferan
  Vocate, Greece

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
BANM	British Approved Name (Modified)
DCF	Dénomination Commune Française
DCIT	Denominazione Comune Italiana
IS	Inofficial Synonym
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Rec.INN	Recommended International Nonproprietary Name (World Health Organization)
USAN	United States Adopted Name

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