Drug Summary

  Drug name:  etidronic acid
  Chemical name:  Etidronic acid, disodium salt
  Formula:  C₂H₈O₇P_{2  Weight:   206.0282
  CAS no:  7414-83-7
  DrugBank link:  DB01077
  Description:  A diphosphonate which affects calcium metabolism. It inhibits ectopic calcification and slows down bone resorption and bone turnover. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For the treatment of symptomatic Paget's disease of bone and in the prevention and treatment of heterotopic ossification following total hip replacement or due to spinal cord injury.}