I take fosamax-but who knows---I wonder if it is worth taking-

I had my yearly DEXA exam today. HIGH ANXIETY!! Been on Fosamax or Boniva for 5 years. I hear it is supposed to keep your bones from getting worse but not help them get better!--Mazy

having a reconstruction of her jaw, after being diagnosed with a fracture of the jaw. This is not a typically pretty procedure like many plastic surgery procedures...No, this was destructive, with mod limited mobility of the jaw.

The sad thing is that she was doing what she was told to do to prevent osteoporosis.

Then there is another class of drugs to prevent osteoporosis. The drug, Forteo, stimulates the parathyroid secreting hormone to help the parathyroids regulate Ca++. One side effect is development of lymphoma. I have Celiac's disease, which cares with it an increased risk of lymphoma, so I think I will pass on all of the above.

I have been working on the nutritional aspects. Things that help Calcuim be taken up by the cell.

SG

SG

I stopped taking it almost a year ago, after my DEXA showed no improvement. I had been on it five years. What's odd is that I have not had any shoulder or hip pain since I have been off of it. I told my primary care doc that I have decided to stay off Boniva/Fosamax type drugs for now.--Mazy

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