I noticed that there is a warning about this on the Actonel patient insert and asked my dentist about it: he indicated that the risk of necrosis occurs only when you also have oral surgery. It is not clear from this article whether the patients/potential clients involved had had oral surgery or whether the necrosis just occurred concomitant with Fossamax ingestion.
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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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