What this pack is
Boniva is the brand name in this record; ibandronate is the generic name. Read both together with the dosage form (oral tablet).
PACK CHECK · MARKET FIRST
BonivaGeneric nameibandronate
How this medicine works
The FDA historical label describes BONIVA as a nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate that inhibits osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. This helps explain why the exact product, bone context, kidney function, dental plan and complete medicine list need review together; it does not predict an individual's bone density, fracture risk, suitability, tablet count or treatment duration.
Read source: United States ↗Historical public record · reviewed 2026-08-20More about its action and precautions →Check the market, names, dosage form and route together
A medicine may use different brand names across markets. Keep the market, brand, generic name, dosage form and route together; one matching field does not prove that two packs are the same or interchangeable.
Open the complete product-identity record
Use these fields when the pack, market name or package image needs closer checking. They are evidence boundaries, not substitution instructions.
- International brand name
- Boniva
- Generic name
- ibandronate
- Dosage-form class
- Dosage form and presentation as documented in the linked primary label
- Route
- Oral
- Package-image status
- No exact original-brand package image is shown This is deliberate: do not use a retailer, repackager or another-market image to identify the pack in hand. See why and what to check instead →
No source-verifiable mainland-China trade-name cue has been established for this record. This does not establish whether the medicine exists, is approved or is available in mainland China. Check pack text and current CDE/NMPA records item by item.
FOR EVERYDAY QUESTIONS
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What this page can show
This is a source-traceable public record. It helps you read the product identity and its listed source documents; each market still needs its own current record check.
What to bring to the next conversation
Bring the actual pack, the label or prescription, and a complete medicine list when you speak with a pharmacist or clinician.
NEXT SAFE STEP
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A question about changing, combining or splitting?Put the exact packs on one list before a pharmacist or prescriber checks the full context.Open the family medicine list →A question about cost, reimbursement or availability?First lock the market, exact presentation and date. Use local official reimbursement, hospital or pharmacy channels for a current answer rather than a web estimate.Open regulator and market-record entry points →Unsure about a pack or a cross-border product?Photo reading can return possible record matches only. Check the actual product against the current regulator record for its market.Identify pack text locally →Saw a recall, approval or procurement headline?Open the original publisher, then match its product, market and date. Do not make a stop or switch decision from a headline.Read primary-source news →
PRODUCT PRESENTATION IDENTITY
Strength, pack and device identity
Package strength is not an individual dose. These fields help identify the exact labelled product; they do not calculate how much, how often, a missed-use action, splitting, switching or conversion.
How to read a score line: ‘scored’ or ‘unscored’ first identifies this labelled presentation. A score line by itself does not permit self-splitting, reducing or changing the product. Only an explicit statement in the current label for this exact presentation, checked with a pharmacist against the prescription, can support any further handling.
1 source-backed strength, pack or device records — open the full list
First match the market, dosage form and labelled amount on the pack in hand. The number of tablets, sachets or devices in a pack is not a personal dose or schedule.
United States label · FDA U.S. historical label (revised Apr 2015; not current)
150 mg per tablet (U.S. historical-label text identity)
Source-text identity card: no displayable exact official package image. The fields below come from the cited label and are not a visual authentication result.
- Form and route
- BONIVA ibandronate sodium film-coated oral tablet · oral (historical-label product-identity field)
- ibandronate sodium
- 150 mghistorical labelled amount per tablet; not an individual tablet count or calendar
- Labelled appearance
- white · oblong tablet · imprint BNVA / 150Unscored in this labelled presentation
PACKAGE-VISUAL STATUS
A historical label with repackaging information was reviewed, so it is not shown as an original-brand package
The searchable historical DailyMed BONIVA label lists repackaging information for Physicians Total Care, Inc. It helps trace the brand, generic name and historical document, but cannot be presented as this record's exact original-brand pack; to avoid a misleading visual, this dossier leaves the image space withheld and links the primary label.
LABEL READING · NOT A PRESCRIPTION
BONIVA label reading: 2.5 mg, 150 mg and the actual pack must be checked together
Reading level: drug-specific label reading. This record has been expanded around its dosage form or a higher-risk reading question; the current target-market label and professional review still apply.
This module uses the 2015 U.S. FDA BONIVA historical label to check BONIVA, ibandronate sodium, oral film-coated tablets, stated strength per tablet and product-specific handling language. It does not turn these details into an individual's tablet count, calendar, combination, switching or stopping advice.
- Check BONIVA, ibandronate sodium, the exact oral tablet, stated strength per tablet, actual pack and target market together. The historical 2.5 mg and 150 mg entries identify products; they are not a web answer for an individual's tablet count, calendar or what to do after a missed use.
- A shared bone-health use, similar package numbers or bisphosphonate class does not permit self-combining, alternating, replacing, splitting or strength-changing with alendronate, risedronate or another bone-health product. Each exact product needs separate review against its current label, prior reactions and the complete medicine list.
- The historical label includes review considerations involving calcium, antacid products, vitamins and other oral products. Do not derive a self-directed spacing, make-up or stopping rule from category names; have a pharmacist or prescribing team review every prescription, OTC product, supplement, herb and actual pack item by item.
- The label includes information needing professional review for swallowing or chest symptoms, low calcium, jaw-related risk, atypical fractures, kidney function and dental/procedure plans. With an acute concern or a dental/procedure arrangement, use local medical pathways promptly rather than self-continuing, pausing or replacing a product from a webpage.
PHARMACOVIGILANCE · OFFICIAL ROUTES
Check safety information in the right market
Start with the public label or product record linked to this dossier, then use the official safety routes below for the market that applies to the medicine in hand.
Match five details before using a safety record
- Brand and generic nameBoth must match the medicine named by the record.
- Dosage form and strengthTablet, capsule, injection, inhaler, patch and eye drop are not interchangeable.
- Market and notice dateA record applies only to the country or region and date it names.
- Lot, pack and manufacturerRecord these only when the official notice specifically names them.
- Current product informationA historical record may have been superseded by the current label.
This checklist only helps organise the right question. It does not create a personal conclusion about stopping, switching, dose, combination or suitability.
This dossier’s product-level source checkFDA · United States · Regulatory product record or label archive · 2026-08-20
This dossier’s publicly accessible product-level route has been checked individually. It does not mean that real-time alerts in every country or region have been searched, or that the medicine has or does not have a current risk.
Markets actually represented by the reviewed product documents
- United States · 2
This is a document-coverage summary, not a claim that the medicine is authorised, supplied, interchangeable or actively monitored in every listed market today.
This record’s label or product-record routeFDA: BONIVA 2015 U.S. prescribing information (NDA 021455) ↗Historical public record · reviewed 2026-08-20
Other official market or version documents for this record
These are separately reviewed product documents for the same dossier. Their market, date, dosage form and document status must stay attached to each link; they do not establish interchangeability between products, strengths, packs, indications or countries.
- U.S. National Library of Medicine DailyMed · United States · Public medicine label · 2026-08-20DailyMed (NLM): BONIVA ibandronate sodium historical public label ↗reviewed 2026-08-20
This is not a conclusion that the medicine has no risk, warning, recall or newer notice in another market. Start with the checked product-level label above, then use the official market gateways below for the product in hand.
See the reviewed safety-record directory →Global official safety gateways
- NMPA Centre for Drug Reevaluation · Mainland ChinaPrimary NMPA Drug Evaluation Centre gateway for drug-vigilance bulletins, safety notices and adverse-reaction monitoring. Exact products still require checking approval number, dosage form, strength, authorisation holder and notice date item by item.Drug-vigilance bulletins and safety notices ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- FDA · United StatesPrimary FDA pages for important new safety issues, labelling changes and risk communications.Drug Safety Communications ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- FDA MedWatch · United StatesU.S. MedWatch safety-information and reporting gateway; a report does not itself establish causality.Safety information and serious-problem reporting ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- EMA · European Union / European Economic AreaOfficial EU gateway for pharmacovigilance, suspected adverse-reaction reports and PRAC safety assessment.Pharmacovigilance overview and EudraVigilance ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- MHRA · United KingdomPrimary UK MHRA medicine-safety updates for professionals and the public.Drug Safety Update ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- PMDA · JapanPMDA’s English official safety gateway; exact products still require checking against the Japanese product page and current documents.Medicine safety information ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- MFDS · Republic of KoreaMFDS’s primary index for medicine safety letters in the Republic of Korea. The original notices are in Korean and must be read against the named product, dosage form, market and date; they do not automatically apply in another market or decide an individual case.Medicine safety letters ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- HSA · SingaporeHSA’s public Singapore gateway for suspected adverse-event reporting and medicine-safety information. A report does not itself establish individual causality; exact products still require checking Singapore registration status, dosage form, strength, date and current product information.Adverse-event reporting and medicine-safety information ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Health Canada · CanadaHealth Canada’s public MedEffect gateway for medicine and health-product advisories, warnings, recalls, reporting and safety information. Exact products still require checking market, dosage form, strength, notice date and lot item by item.MedEffect Canada: advisories, warnings and recalls ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- TGA · AustraliaPrimary Australian TGA safety alerts, advisories and monitoring information for therapeutic products.Medicine safety alerts ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Swissmedic · SwitzerlandOfficial Swissmedic gateway for pharmacovigilance, signal assessment and suspected adverse-reaction reporting; a report or signal does not itself confirm individual causality.Pharmacovigilance and suspected adverse-reaction reporting ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Medsafe · New ZealandNew Zealand Medsafe gateway for public and professional medicine safety communications and archives; older notices may have been superseded by current product information.Medicine safety communications ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- SAHPRA · South AfricaSAHPRA’s safety-information, alerts and pharmacovigilance gateway for the public and professionals in South Africa. An official alert does not itself mean a product is unsafe in every circumstance; exact products still require checking South African registration status, dosage form, strength, notice date and current product information.Medicine safety information, alerts and pharmacovigilance ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- WHO · GlobalWHO’s cross-market safety-alert archive; every historical notice must be read against its date, named product and market.Medicine and vaccine safety-alert archive ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Anvisa · BrazilAnvisa’s primary Brazilian pharmacovigilance gateway for alerts, bulletins, risk communication and VigiMed reporting. Exact products still require checking Brazilian authorisation status, dosage form, strength and notice date item by item.Pharmacovigilance, alerts and VigiMed ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
This card brings together the medicine-specific product route and 15 market-level official vigilance gateways. It does not mean real-time alerts for this medicine have been searched in every country or region, or that the medicine has a new alert, recall or risk conclusion. Match brand, generic name, dosage form, strength, market and notice date item by item; do not self-stop, switch, increase or reduce use from a headline.
For severe or rapidly worsening symptoms, suspected overdose, a severe allergic reaction, loss of consciousness or another emergency, use local emergency services. Do not wait for an online alert search or change a medicine from this page.
PRIVATE FAMILY LIST
Bring this record into a local medicine list
Only the brand, generic name, dosage form and route are added, and they stay in this browser. Copy strength, label directions, start/stop history and any concern from the actual pack; this tool does not calculate a dose or decide combination, switching or stopping.
Add to the family medicine list →PACK · LABEL · MEDICINE LIST
Six checks for this medicine pack
Use this card to organise questions about Boniva (ibandronate). Keep the exact pack, its current label and the full medicine list together.
Identify the exact product
Boniva is the brand in this record and ibandronate is the active-ingredient name. Check both with the dosage form (Dosage form and presentation as documented in the linked primary label) and the market on the actual pack.
Read the labelled strength in context
mg, mcg, mg/mL or a percentage describes the labelled amount in one tablet, capsule, measured volume, spray or other unit. It is not an answer to how many units a person should take.
Check before splitting or opening
Before splitting, crushing, chewing or opening anything, find an explicit instruction for this exact product in its current label and ask a pharmacist. A score line or a previous pack is not enough by itself.
Put every product on one list
Include prescriptions, over-the-counter products, eye drops, creams, vitamins, minerals, herbs and supplements. A pharmacist or prescriber needs the whole list before any combination, alternation, switch or stop is considered.
Ask a specific pharmacogenetics question
Ask which medicine, which gene and what clinical decision a result could change. A gene–drug association does not mean broad genetic testing is needed for everyone and must not be used to change treatment without professional review.
Know when to seek urgent help
For a suspected overdose, a severe allergic reaction, fainting or difficulty breathing, use the local emergency or poison-information service now. Do not wait for a website reply or alter several medicines to test what caused it.
This card does not calculate a dose, decide whether medicines can be combined, or replace a clinician or pharmacist. Market-specific current labels and the person's full context still need review.
MARKET DOCUMENTS · READ SEPARATELY
Enlarged market leaflets and regulator documents
Each link retains its own market, date, dosage form and document status. These documents support larger-print reading and item-by-item checking; they do not make products, strengths, packs, indications or use between countries or regions interchangeable.
- FDA: BONIVA 2015 U.S. prescribing information (NDA 021455) ↗Historical public record · reviewed 2026-08-20
- DailyMed (NLM): BONIVA ibandronate sodium historical public label ↗reviewed 2026-08-20
HOW IT WORKS · NOT A TREATMENT PLAN
How ibandronate works: the historical label classifies it as a bisphosphonate that inhibits bone resorption
- ‘Inhibits bone resorption’ explains one pharmacologic pathway in bone remodelling. It cannot determine from a webpage whether a person has osteoporosis, their fracture risk, what a test result means, or whether a product should start, continue, pause or change.
- A related mechanism with another bisphosphonate or bone-health product does not permit self-combination on the same day, alternation, substitution or conversion from similar milligram numbers. Each product's dosage form, strength, label, prior reactions and complete medicine list must be reviewed separately.
- A mechanism page cannot manage swallowing difficulty, chest symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms, a low-calcium concern, a dental/procedure plan or any acute problem. With such an issue, use the current label for the exact product and contact local pharmacy, the prescribing team or urgent medical support.
SOURCE EVIDENCE REGISTER
Source evidence map
Every public link is labelled with its market, document status and document type. A historical public record is not a current label, and an official lookup entry is not a product-specific record.
- FDA: BONIVA 2015 U.S. prescribing information (NDA 021455) ↗Historical public record · reviewed 2026-08-20
- DailyMed (NLM): BONIVA ibandronate sodium historical public label ↗reviewed 2026-08-20
- FDA Drugs@FDA official search entry ↗Official lookup entry · reviewed 2026-08-20
SOURCE-TRACEABLE ARCHIVE
Bonivaibandronate
This page links to public primary-source material for Boniva. The archive is historical or documentary evidence only; it does not by itself establish originator status, product quality, current labelling, availability or sale eligibility.
DOCUMENT TIMELINE
Document timeline
Initial U.S. approval year listed in the FDA label
The FDA label archive linked here lists Initial U.S. Approval: 2003. This historical locator is not a conclusion about current approval, availability, holder or another market.
FDA: BONIVA historical label archive ↗FDA label archive version
This page links the 2015 FDA label archive as a traceable reading entry point. Current labeling, strength, indication and safety information require separate verification against the target market’s current document.
FDA: BONIVA historical label archive ↗
MARKET SCOPE
Market-record boundary
United States
Public label archive linkedOnly the FDA document listed on this page is linked.
Mainland China, EU, Japan
Market record not establishedNo local approval, holder, strength, supply or sale-eligibility conclusion is inferred from the U.S. label archive.
How to read this record
Read each document in its stated market, date and dosage-form context. A historical record is not a current label and does not support individual medical, substitution or purchasing conclusions.
Keep international and mainland China records separate
This page has a U.S. public history/regulatory archive but no mainland China record for this specific product. That does not establish whether the medicine exists, is approved or is available in mainland China. Verify product identity, dosage form, strength, holder and the current label item by item.
RECORD FAQ
Record questions
Does a label archive represent current product information?
Not automatically. The archive locates a source; each point needs verification against the target market’s current official label.
Why are price and originator/generic conclusions not shown?
Those conclusions require separately complete and human-reviewed product, dosage-form, strength, pack, market, date and primary-record fields; one label file is insufficient.
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Evidence status
The listed links are public sources selected for traceability. They must be rechecked against the current target-market record before any use beyond reading and research.