Guest guest Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 HI , Just wondering if you have any side effects from taking Fosamax? I am in the osteopoenic range and currently not taking any meds for my bones (apart from calcium). My doctor said that Fosamax can upset the stomach and since I have GERD he didn't want to aggravate that. Have you had any problems? Love Bunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Hi Bunny. I only have to take Fosamax once a week. So, I take it on Sundays and usually stay close to home afterward. Yes, I do have some intestinal problems most weeks with it, not every week. I have GERD also and had a nissen fundiplication about 10 years ago to stop the splashing into the esophagus. I would like to get off the Fosamax if my next bone density test is better. Good luck. Cook, Case Manager UICOMP One Illini Dr. Peoria, IL 61656-1649 >>> robert_hasforth@... 09/07/06 12:30 AM >>> HI , Just wondering if you have any side effects from taking Fosamax? I am in the osteopoenic range and currently not taking any meds for my bones (apart from calcium). My doctor said that Fosamax can upset the stomach and since I have GERD he didn't want to aggravate that. Have you had any problems? Love Bunny <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714 & grpId=4056817 & grpspId=1600061589 & msgId =13532 & stime=1157481096 & nc1=3848647 & nc2=3848429 & nc3=3> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 I am having at least 6 months worth of invasive dental surgery and my endocrinologist has taken me off of Fosamax and place me on Actifed (both are Bisphosphonates). He stated that I have a much higher risk of a hip fracture than Necrosis of the jaw. In 10 years, he has only seen one case of necrosis of the jaw and it was in a patient who was on heavy chemo. I talked to my dentists at Nova University and they agree that there is very little risk if you are NOT on heavy chemo IVs. I am very comfortable with my doctors recommendation as he is a brilliant endocrinologist and will not risk a hip fracture. 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I have been taking this for quite some time, but have recently seen information regarding jaw death that has been contributed to taking this med. I am going to contact my GP since I already have osteoperosis and lost 17% bone mass in the r hip over that last 5 years. I am focusing taking calcium with D and magnesium. Recently started a strength building class to try a more natural way of maintaining bone mass. From: bronchiectasis [mailto:bronchiectasis ] On Behalf Of Bunny & BobSent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:11 PMTo: bronchiectasis Subject: RE: Fosamax Hi , Thanks very much for the info. I'm sure I will need to start taking some bone medication sooner or later, so it's good to get some feedback. I hope you get a good report for your next bone density test. Best wishes, Bunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Although everyone system is different, make sure you get regular bone density scans because the regime you are on did not help me avoid osteoporosis..Eileen-FL-- Holt wrote:Return-Path: <sentto-4056817-13577-1157724737-ecbauer954=juno.com@...>Received: from mx16.nyc.untd.com (mx16.nyc.untd.com [10.140.24.76])by maildeliver02.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABCSC8UDATTBJ6Jfor (sender <sentto-4056817-13577-1157724737-ecbauer954=juno.com@...>);Fri, 8 Sep 2006 07:12:19 -0700 (PDT)Received: from n22c.bullet.sc5.yahoo.com (n22c.bullet.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.187.213])by mx16.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABCSC8UBA4FHUCSfor (sender <sentto-4056817-13577-1157724737-ecbauer954=juno.com@...>);Fri, 8 Sep 2006 07:12:17 -0700 (PDT)Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeysDomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=lima; d=yahoogroups.com;b=BYuumj3BlP5v96cPgxUynouH8Lehs3Vg5D8ew3DXLwZv4TI707ylsSk2v+tHbeadsxczG6xEaoE+cMD4cGiQP+4SwnD+8FMTQ/Ds2xwJ4f/RxrAFbGpO1Ur7DXx6uUIP;Received: from [66.163.187.121] by n22.bullet.sc5.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Sep 2006 14:12:17 -0000Received: from [66.218.69.1] by t2.bullet.sc5.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Sep 2006 14:12:17 -0000Received: from [66.218.66.106] by t1.bullet.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Sep 2006 14:12:17 -0000X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: groups-emailX-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 4056817-m13577X-Sender: maryholt12@...X-Apparently-To: bronchiectasis Received: (qmail 91307 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2006 14:10:17 -0000Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m32.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 8 Sep 2006 14:10:17 -0000Received: from unknown (HELO web57013.mail.re3.yahoo.com) (66.196.97.117) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Sep 2006 14:10:17 -0000Received: (qmail 63414 invoked by uid 60001); 8 Sep 2006 14:09:41 -0000Message-ID: Received: from [142.177.79.32] by web57013.mail.re3.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:09:41 EDTTo: bronchiectasis In-Reply-To: <000101c6d2ec$1938b760$ea3554d2@rhasforth>X-Originating-IP: 66.196.97.117X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:0:0:0X-Yahoo-Profile: maryholt12Sender: bronchiectasis MIME-Version: 1.0Mailing-List: list bronchiectasis ; contact bronchiectasis-owner Delivered-To: mailing list bronchiectasis List-Id: <bronchiectasis.yahoogroups.com>Precedence: bulkList-Unsubscribe: <mailto:bronchiectasis-unsubscribe >Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 10:09:41 -0400 (EDT)Subject: RE: FosamaxReply-To: bronchiectasis Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitX-ContentStamp: 12:6:4241040250X-MAIL-INFO: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-UNTD-Peer-Info: 66.163.187.213|n22c.bullet.sc5.yahoo.com|n22c.bullet.sc5.yahoo.com|sentto-4056817-13577-1157724737-ecbauer954=juno.com@...X-UNTD-UBE:-1Hi and Bunny,After being diagnosed with osteopenia in December of2003, since that time I have been taking calcium withvitamin D supplements. My doctor thinks the osteopeniais associated with prednisone that has been requiredone and off and at times frequently over the years.Ideally, I want to thwart off osteoporosis. I do drinka lot of milk, and eat dairy products. Anything toavoid osteoporosis.Thank you for raising this important topic.Hugs:0) Liz in Nova Scotia, Canadae-mail:maryholt12@... or lungsformary@...Pre-Lung Transplant Journey - For updates please visit my carepage and leave a message. Thank you!:0)carepages.com name:maryelizabethholt:o) "Miracles happen with love....." ..... Please support your local children's hospital.... and "Give with all your might!" http://iwkfoundation.org/ )Visit.... Children's Miracle Network.... http://www.cmn.org/ )"I don't give in, I don't give up, and I don't take no for an answer." ~Doris ~__________________________________________________Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links<*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bronchiectasis/<*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional<*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bronchiectasis/join (Yahoo! ID required)<*> To change settings via email: mailto:bronchiectasis-digest mailto:bronchiectasis-fullfeatured <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: bronchiectasis-unsubscribe <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Have been doing that. It sounds like fromothers that it would help the spine but not the hip. So how long were you onFosamax to see any change. I have been taking it for about 5 years and withthat still have had 17% decrease in bone density, but of the right hip nowrather than the spine. Not sure if it is worth taking or not because like youhave said may not do any good. I am going to focus more on natural methods ofeating/drinking more calcium and beginning a strength building exercise program. Thanks for your input. Robbs, L & D Admin. ▪T▪ ▪ ▪Mobile ▪ Meridian Call Center Desk: Mobile: Fax: e-mail: .Robbs@... From: bronchiectasis [mailto:bronchiectasis ] On Behalf Of ecbauer954@...Sent: Friday, September 08, 200612:49 PMTo: bronchiectasis Subject: RE: Fosamax Although everyone systemis different, make sure you get regular bone density scans because the regimeyou are on did not help me avoid osteoporosis..Eileen-FL-- Holt wrote:Return-Path: <sentto-4056817-13577-1157724737-ecbauer954=juno.com@...>Received: from mx16.nyc.untd.com (mx16.nyc.untd.com [10.140.24.76])by maildeliver02.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABCSC8UDATTBJ6Jfor (sender <sentto-4056817-13577-1157724737-ecbauer954=juno.com@...>);Fri, 8 Sep 2006 07:12:19 -0700 (PDT)Received: from n22c.bullet.sc5.yahoo.com (n22c.bullet.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.187.213])by mx16.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABCSC8UBA4FHUCSfor (sender <sentto-4056817-13577-1157724737-ecbauer954=juno.com@...>);Fri, 8 Sep 2006 07:12:17 -0700 (PDT)Comment: DomainKeys? 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My doctor thinks the osteopeniais associated with prednisone that has been requiredone and off and at times frequently over the years.Ideally, I want to thwart off osteoporosis. I do drinka lot of milk, and eat dairy products. Anything toavoid osteoporosis.Thank you for raising this important topic.Hugs:0) Liz in Nova Scotia, Canadae-mail:maryholt12@... or lungsformary@...Pre-Lung Transplant Journey - For updates please visit my carepage and leave a message. Thank you!:0)carepages.com name:maryelizabethholt:o) " Miracles happen with love..... " ..... Please support your local children's hospital.... and " Give with all your might! " )Visit.... Children's Miracle Network.... http://www.cmn.org/ ) " I don't give in, I don't give up, and I don't take no for an answer. " ~Doris ~__________________________________________________Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! 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Guest guest Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 Barb, I was diagnosed with severe osteoporosis at age 57 yrs. three years after having a bilateral mastectomy after which I could no longer take hormones. At first I was on Didronel which helped for three years. In 1994 I broke my wrist. Then I was on Mia Calcitonin injections for six months. I started Fosamax when it first became available December of 1995. In 1997 I broke my shoulder. Evista was then added. Two years ago my bone density test indicated that the risk of a hip fracture was increased five times. September 2004 I started the injectable drug, Forteo. I will stop this drug this week as the pharmaceutical company indicates that it not be used for more than 24 months. I am to have my bone density Tuesday. My parents both had osteoporosis. Norma Barb Erdmann wrote: I am at the osteopenia stage. My doctor told me that it could take two years to see any improvement but has never said that it is only effective on the spine. I think that should be a huge concern for all of us. My mother has severe osteoporosis and was recently switched from Fosamax (which she often forgot to take) to an injection of Boniva every three months. She used prednisone for a number of years to control rheumatoid arthritis. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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