I just wanted to possibly correct my previous post: I spoke with my physician this week and asked him about this: he did not agree with my dentist that the osteonecrosis occurred only with oral surgery but he did say that most of the cases involved IV administration of Fosimax and there has only been one case reported in the US associated with Actonel. I also asked about the eye inflammation affecting vision from this class of drugs, which was mentioned in the article posted by freshfig on alternative approaches to building bone density: he was unaware of such an effect.
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2001 MVA; C5-C6 disk extruded
ongoing physical therapy, exercise and massage
ESI's, oral prednisone, trigger point injections
foraminal and central stenosis C5/C6 and c6/C7
2007 EMG/nerve conduction shows pattern of chronic radiculopathy
January, 2008: Prestige ST Artificial Disk Replacement, C5/6
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