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Harrison,
Thanks for posting the Fosamax article here. It's good to know what the side effects to these medications are and that for some they can be severe.
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7/05 EMG/Nerve Conduction Tests 8/04 Disqualified from ADR clinical trial due to severe osteoporosis -- getting treatment 3/04 updated MRI 11/2000 IDET L 3/4, L4/5 1/2000 Discogram numerous epidural injections physical therapy |
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Sure. I have to say, it's the first time I've heard of these serious complications! I know some folks here use it, that's why I posted it.
Any way, let's hope the risks aren't too high for the people here that take it.
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"Harrison" - info (at) adrsupport.org Fell on my ***winter 2003, Canceled fusion April 6 2004 Reborn June 25th, 2004, L5-S1 ADR Charite in Boston Founder & moderator of ADRSupport - 2004 Founder Arthroplasty Patient Foundation a 501(c)(3) - 2006 Creator & producer, Why Am I Still Sick? - 2012 Donate www.arthropatient.org/about/donate |
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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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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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There is a posting on another forum about a patient who died from long term Fosamax use. They did get necrosis of the jaw and ended up dying from stomach cancer caused by the irritation from the medication. Within 2 hours of taking my first Fosamax pill my stomach was burning. That was the end of biophosphates for me.
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7/05 EMG/Nerve Conduction Tests 8/04 Disqualified from ADR clinical trial due to severe osteoporosis -- getting treatment 3/04 updated MRI 11/2000 IDET L 3/4, L4/5 1/2000 Discogram numerous epidural injections physical therapy |
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