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Zometa Drug Center
Medical Editor: John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP
Zometa (zolcdronic acid) Injection is used to treat Paget's disease, high blood levels of calcium caused by cancer (hypercalcemia of malignancy), multiple myeloma (a type of bone marrow cancer) or metastatic bone cancer. It is also used to treat or prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, and to increase bone mass in men with osteoporosis. Zometa is in a group of medicines called bisphosphonates. Common side effects include dizziness, headache, or flu-like symptoms (such as fever, chills, muscle/joint aches).
Zometa is administered under physician supervision. The maximum recommended dose of Zometa in hypercalcemia of malignancy or in patients with multiple myeloma and metastatic bone lesions from solid tumors is 4 mg as a single-dose intravenous infusion over no less than 15 minutes. Duration of treatment varies depending on the condition being treated. Tell your doctor all medications and supplements you are taking. Zometa is not recommended for use during pregnancy. It may harm a fetus. It is unknown if this drug passes into breast milk. Breast-feeding while using this drug is not recommended.
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Zometa Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage
Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
Zometa is indicated for the treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy defined as an albumin-corrected calcium (cCa) of greater than or equal to 12 mg/dL [3.0 mmol/L] using the formula: cCa in mg/dL=Ca in mg/dL + 0.8 (4.0 g/dL - patient albumin (g/dL)).
Multiple Myeloma and Bone Metastases of Solid Tumors
Zometa is indicated for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma and patients with documented bone metastases from solid tumors, in conjunction with standard antineoplastic therapy. Prostate cancer should have progressed af...
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What is Patient information?
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Zometa Patient Information: Side Effects
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:
- urinating less than usual or not at all;
- muscle spasms, numb or tingly feeling (especially around your mouth);
- fever, chills, body aches, flu symptoms;
- pale skin, easy bruising, unusual weakness;
- severe joint, bone, or muscle pain; or
- bronchospasm (wheezing, chest tightness, trou...
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Zometa Consumer Information: Uses
This medication is used to treat high blood calcium levels (hypercalcemia) that may occur with cancer. Zoledronic acid is also used with cancer chemotherapy to treat bone problems that may occur with multiple myeloma and other types of cancer (such as breast, lung) that have spread to the bones. Zoledronic acid belongs to a class of drugs known as bisphosphonates. It lowers high blood calcium levels by reducing the amount of calcium released from your bones into your blood. It also works by slowing the breakdown of your bones by cancer to prevent bone fractures.
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