FOSAMAX Reviews (ALENDRONATE SODIUM)Average Rating: 1.4 (1230 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare FOSAMAX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR FOSAMAX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | osteopoena | None. Because my mother's spine had literally crumbled in her late eighties my doctor sent me to a university program where the treating physician did nothing but treat and research bone loss. | My initial DEXA T-score was -2.5 after 2 years and 3 measurements on the same machine, by the same technician, read by the same doctor, my T-score was -0.4, a staggering improvement. If you are lucky enough to have no side effects this is an effective drug. If you can't take it and have osteoporosis I urge you to seek another solution. My mother suffered excruciating pain, she was on morphine for 8 years and this was her only relief. | M | 70 | 6 years | 4/17/2007 | 1 | Osteoporosis | musculoskeletal pain in lower extremities and generalized weakness. | F | 70 | 14 months | 2/1/2007 | 1 | bone density/osteop | I started with Actonel, had terrible side effects, for the 4 wks,,then my Dr switched me to Fosamax, which had worse side effects..I had a headache, different aches and pains. sweats,diarrhea, shoulder, back pains now I have stomach cramps,,distention, terrible insomnia, and latest twitching legs and tight toes like you would not believe. I hope this wears off.I only had 3 wks of Fosamax and wonder if anyone knows how long this feeling lasts....I would like to feel like my own self again, and not this ill feeling..I would like to know if anyone knows how long this stays with one, I think this product should be removed from the market, and who knows what the long term will do to ones body, if this is what short term does..I will take my chances also with good nutrition, exercise and Calcium/D.and never take this Fosamax or Actonel again. | M | 70 | 3 weeks | 7/13/2005 | 1 | osteoporosis | bad diarrhea--non stop--been on fosamax 4 weeks and have diarrhea for all that time. Irritable, very sore bones and muscels and joints. mostly lumbar region, shoulders and hips and agonizing leg cramps-sometimes 2 or 3 a night. some nausea, feeling that I might develop a head ache, itching and stomach pains. | don't take it and don't take actonel.I took actonel for a year and a half before being changed to fosamax. My bones are in the danger zone and I don't know what I am going to do other than diet and excercise but I'd rather take my chances than to spend the rest of my life feeling miserable even if it means a shorter life. I had the same symptoms/side effects with actonel. | F | 70 | 3 weeks | 12/11/2005 | 1 | osteoporosis | bad diarrhea--non stop--been on fosamax 4 weeks and have diarrhea for all that time. Irritable, very sore bones and muscels and joints. mostly lumbar region, shoulders and hips and agonizing leg cramps-sometimes 2 or 3 a night. some nausea, feeling that I might develop a head ache, itching and stomach pains. | don't take it and don't take actonel.I took actonel for a year and a half before being changed to fosamax. My bones are in the danger zone and I don't know what I am going to do other than diet and excercise but I'd rather take my chances than to spend the rest of my life feeling miserable even if it means a shorter life. I had the same symptoms/side effects with actonel. | F | 70 | 3 weeks | 12/11/2005 | 1 | osteopenia of spine | developed scleroderma | it was the only med. taken except for vitamins | F | 70 | 14 days | 9/24/2005 | 1 | osteo | every one described by the women terrible pains and problems listed by the 319 or so who e mailed in. | I think fosamax,actonel and boniva are all bad and poison and needs more research on the long or short term effect. It has to be strong to make almost everyone so ill so fast and i think they all should be takenn off the market. Today the jaw tomorrow who knows what bones are next...please do not take these if your dr prescribes them,,THEY ARE POISON. I am off almost a yr and its been a year of HELL. and hopefully i will feel good again and my nerve endings are not permanently damaged.First actonel and then fosamax...which only made me sicker..Thanks drug companies for making so many women sick and with aches and pains you cannot believe. | F | 70 | 3 months | 5/19/2006 | 1 | Osteoporosis | I posted on here in 2008 and am wondering if others have experienced arthritic symptoms throughout their bodies. I have so many areas of pain that are attributed to arthritis---neck, back, shoulders, arms, knees, hips. My family members lived into their nineties with very few health issues and I feel like I have a genetic defect. I stopped taking Fosamax 2 years ago and still live with pain on a daily basis. Doctors tell me I have arthritis but the pain is severe, deep and constant. A lot of times I will get remission of pain in one area only for it to develop in another area. | I take natural solutions but still have not been able to eliminate the pain. If I could give a lower rating for this drug, it would be in a minus zone. It NEEDS to be taken off the market. | F | 70 | 8 years 70 mg 1X W | 2/26/2010 | 1 | Bone loss | Cannot move, joint pain extremely severe muscle pain. Just horrible. Was making final plans. Thought I must be on my end days | WHY | F | 70 | 7 weeks 70mg | 11/29/2017 | 1 | 4 yrs and developed a gastric ulcer, terrible joint, muscle and back pain. Not realizing its cause is from Fosomax. Finally realizing the pain my mother experienced was from this drug. Looked at reviews and the pain I was experiencing was exactly like others on the drug. If anyone files a class action suit against the drug company, I am in. I would never recommend this to anyone! Beware of Fosomax. | F | 70 | 4 years | 8/21/2014 | 1 | osteoporosis | After taking Fosamax 70 mg - once a week, after the second dose, taken on Sunday, Tuesday at 2am, I awoke in horrible pain. My back felt like someone poured a chemical and lit a match to it. The back of my head was pounding, and the calves of my legs were very painful. Chest pain was present. Also abdominal pain was present. In the morning, I called the Dr's office and reported this and told them I will not take anymore of this medication. | This medication should be pulled off the market. Why isn't this checked by the FDA? I will never take any type of medication for this condition, I will just keep eating healthy, taking my supplements--Calcium, Vitamin, fish oil, and checking with the health food store for alternative supplements | F | 70 | 2 days | 1/13/2010 | 1 | osteoporosis/ostopenia | internal shakiness/chills; nervousness; can't settle to do anything or make decisions; lack of appetite, feeling of forboding; anxious; stomach unsettled; take 1 pill a week; Dr had suggested 1 shot a year reclast, I refused. I may stop fosamax after 1 more month. | most of my side effects have been mental and emotional, so glad to see others mentioned these also, these aren't mentioned in the literature that came with the meds. | F | 70 | 1 months | 8/16/2008 | 1 | Osteoporosis | I have small pieces of bone working out of the upper gum. I am able to dislodge the pieces, but within 24-48 hours, another piece is working its way out. I have worn dentures for over 42 years. I don't know if this is caused by Fosamax. | Has anyone else had this problem and if so, please email me. | F | 70 | | 5/30/2007 | 1 | osteo | every side effect mentioned in these ratings....i stopped two yrs ago and still have side effects,,,so the saying is true, it stays in body a looooooooonnnnnng time....so please do not take this poison ladies and gents too. I cannot believe after i told my gyno other day no i cannot take it and still prescribed it and handed me a prescription which went into the garbage,,,,i will continue the natural route with good food, supplements, calcium and exercise..i rather chance it that way than chance it with the poison fosamax.actonel boniva...all should be taken off the market. | F | 70 | 2 months | 9/15/2007 | 1 | To prevent osteoporosis. | Because my mother had very serious osteoporosis, Fosamax was prescribed for me as a preventative measure. Took this for about 3 months, always following the directions completely. Awakened in the middle of the night in the third month with a strange sensation in my mouth and throat and found that my throat was hemorrhaging. Huge amounts of blood were cascading from my mouth and all the way down the front of my nightgown. I immediately stopped all meds and saw my GP the next day. She referred me for a colonoscopy which revealed bleeding ulcers in my esophagus. A course of treatment with Prilosec, and stopping the Fosamax, cleared this up. This occurred in 2002, when I was 65 years old. | I think this is an extremely dangerous drug. Even though I always took it exactly as directed, never lying down afterwards, I had this frightening, painful, and potentially dangerous side effect. I would never take it again. | F | 70 | 3 months | 10/27/2007 | 1 | Osteoporosis | Severe Knee Joint pain and Tear in Knee Cartilege | Please do not take this drug. This is very dangeours drug and it has reduced the quality of my mothers life. She is not walking properly since last 6 months and we had to perform Knee surgery to remove torn cartilege from knee joint. | F | 70 | 2 years | 4/1/2008 | 1 | osteoporosis | dizzy, blurred vision, depression with crying spells and very,very nervous,had overall shaking. This was after I had taken it for 3 mo. Always tired even after sleeping l0 hrs. | I have osteoporosis in my spine. My mother died from it. I am quitting it and don't know what to do next. I am very small boned and have curviture of the spine. | F | 70 | 3 days | 4/6/2008 | 1 | To prevent osteoporosis | Problems with my esophagus and my stomach, pain in my chest. | I have had reflux disease for the last 6 months. I have talked with other people who have had the same problem after taking Fosamax, it should be out of the market. | F | 70 | 15 months | 6/6/2002 | 1 | osteoporosis | Nausea, elbow pain, swollen and painful finger joints, foot cramps, fatigue, generally feel awful. | I was afraid to take Actonel, so did not get the prescription filled for 4 months. I joined a gym, and did weight lifting machines. I felt great. Then I decided I had better try the medication, because of my bad bone scan. Two weeks later, I developed elbow pain, became extremely fatigued, and was no longer able to lift weights. I looked for side effects in the literature, but fatigue was not on the list. I did not associate these symptoms with Actonel, just thought I was just getting old(er). I found this posting, and will quit taking it immediately. This poison is the only prescription medicine I have ever taken routinely. | F | 70 | 3 days | 4/17/2007 | 1 | osteoporosis | Terrible drug - took my third pill and the next morning my neck and back were wrenched. Can't move neck up and down or sideways. Shoulders have extreme pain - Tylenol seems to help a little bit - can't take Tylenol all the time have some allergies to it. 5th day of pain so far. Please Lord take away the pain. Threw away the rest of the pills. Pill should be banned. | Manufacturers didn't test the drug correctly. How can this pill be marketed and sold to people with such terrible side effects? They are trying to do us more harm than good. Before I took the pill I was able to move my neck and my shoulder blades didn't hurt. When will this go away? This was my third pill. When will this leave my system? And July 4th is right around the corner. What to do? | F | 70 | 3 days 1X W | 6/30/2018 |