Important Safety Information for BONIVA Injection

BONIVA Injection is contraindicated in patients with uncorrected hypocalcemia or known hypersensitivity to BONIVA Injection or any of its excipients. BONIVA Injection, like other bisphosphonates administered intravenously, may cause a transient decrease in serum calcium values. Hypocalcemia, hypovitaminosis D, and other disturbances of bone and mineral metabolism must be effectively treated before starting therapy. Patients must receive supplemental calcium and vitamin D. BONIVA Injection must only be administered intravenously by a healthcare professional. Patients who receive BONIVA Injection should have serum creatinine measured prior to each dose. BONIVA Injection should not be administered to patients with severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance <30 mL/min). Rarely, patients have reported severe bone, joint and/or muscle pain after taking bisphosphonate therapy for osteoporosis. Osteonecrosis of the jaw has been reported in patients treated with bisphosphonates; most cases have been in cancer patients undergoing dental procedures who received intravenous bisphosphonates.

In a one-year study comparing BONIVA Injection 3 mg quarterly and BONIVA Tablets 2.5 mg daily, the overall safety and tolerability profiles with the two dosing regimens were similar. The most commonly reported adverse events (¡Ý5%) regardless of causality were arthralgia (9.6% BONIVA Injection vs 8.6% BONIVA Tablet 2.5 mg), back pain (7.0% vs 7.5%), hypertension (5.3% vs 7.1%), abdominal pain (5.1% vs 5.6%), influenza (4.7% vs 8.0%) and nasopharyngitis (3.4% vs 6.0%). In some patients acute phase reaction-like events (10% BONIVA Injection vs 4% BONIVA Tablet) have been reported within 3 days of an IV dose and lasting for 7 days or less, most commonly after the first injection. In most cases, no specific treatment was required and symptoms subsided in 24-48 hours.

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