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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BONIVA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | | 6/16/2008 | 2 | osteopenia | fatigue | F | 2 months | 6/22/2008 | 1 | osteopenia | About 2 hours after taking my first 150 mg tablet, I started to experience a burning sensation under my skin. It started at my armpits, moved across my chest, spread to my back and then to my stomach. Exactly one week later, I still have severe burning sensations under my skin in my entire torso and now extending to my neck, face, lips and arms. It feels like a huge jellyfish sting (like a man of war). Cremes, aspirin and ibuprofen do not bring any relief. This product should be removed from the market. Do not take this drug. It is not worth it. Talke 1200 to 1500 iu calcium with D and magnesium. I am absolutely miserable. | If this doesn't reverse itself, I plan to take legal action!!!! | F | 7 days | 5/26/2008 | 1 | Oh Sally Field...you have blood on your hands!!! | F | 1X day | 5/15/2013 | 1 | GREAT NEWS to all of you suffering from the ill-effects of this poison! Sally Field has recently gone on record saying that Boniva is, "Kind of a miracle!" | IMPRISON SALLY FIELD, ROCHE THERAPEUTICS & THE FDA. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. | 1X day | 6/25/2014 | 1 | Osteoroposis | I had exactly the same experience - terrible stomach pain that lasted for days, nausea, headache, fever-like symptoms. I had never felt this sick before. It's just a horrible ominous feeling. I am concerned if it'll cause permanent damage to the GI system. | F | 1 months 30 | 5/24/2016 | 1 | Osteoporosis | Severe hip and lower back pain. The hip pain was a very deep pain in the bone. It would occasionally radiate down to my thigh. Lower back pain was not as severe as the hip/thigh pain. I took my first dose on Dec. 7, 2016 . Pain began on Dec. 26, 2016 and continues now Feb. 1, 2017. I did not take the January dose because of the severe pain. I am hoping the pain will soon disappear. My Dr. Wants me to on this with another dose in March. I don't think I'll be doing that. She also mentioned the IV method every 6 months. I'm not subjecting myself to this at all. I'm 65 and never had an ache or pain before taking this med. My dr thinks because of my age I'm getting this pain. I took Fosamax years ago and lost all strength in my arms.. After stopping Fosamax it took about 6 months to get my full strength back. Not subjecting my otherwise healthy self to Boniva! | F | 1 months 1X day | 2/1/2017 | 1 | Less bone density | 0 days 150 mg 1X day | 7/27/2021 | 1 | osteopenia | depressed, nauseated, heart flutters, but worst of all. an extreme allergic reaction with weeping flami9ng blister and extreme itchiness which was uncontrollable. Lost a lot of sleep and wasted time and money for bandages and doctors. It is still in my system three weeks after taking the second dose. Still flu like with a faint headache, but the red itching skin is the worst. Never again. I will go back to green leafy vegetables, which I have been unable to eat since starting Boniva. | F | 2 months 30 1X M | 7/6/2013 | 1 | osteoporosis | The very next day after taking Boniva, every bone in my body hurt, like I was hit by a truck, joint pain all over, pain in breasts, even 1 month later, I will not take it again!A doctor told me it contains estrogen, now I am afraid it can cause changes in the breasts! | F | 1 months | 5/10/2006 | 1 | Osteoporosis | My wife (who is 58), took Boniva on the morning of 8-28-06... that evening she began to experience bone pain in her back and sternum. It worsened to excruciating pain during the night and morning hours and after a call to her doctor at 4:00 AM, he advised her to immediately go to the ER. I brought her to the ER a few minutes later. It tore me up to see her in so much pain. | The ER doctor had to go look up the side effects, and came back and said that the symptoms that she had, were indeed side effects of Boniva. He recommended Ibuprophen and Tylenol, and also to call her doctor later that morning, which she did. Her doctor disagreed with the ER doctor and said that Boniva does not cause those side effects. He told her that it was a viral infection, and to continue with the Ibuprophen and Tylenol and to have a follow-up visit with him the following day. She went to see him as scheduled, and she again described the symptoms to him... he said that he was going to check into some more research. He came back a few minutes later, and said that he would have to, "eat his words"... he had checked the latest research with Harvard Medical and found that 14 percent of women have the same symptoms that she described. He apologized to her that he had put her through that. He said that he would not ask her to go on Fosamax or Actonal because it was in | M | 1 days | 8/31/2006 | 1 | osteoporosis | nausea, diarrhea, trouble sleeping due to the terrible pain, flu symptoms, under rib cage aches, shoulder aches, can't stand longer than half hour, chest heavy feeling,can hardly walk due to joint pain, can bearly turn steering wheel when driving car, can not pick up anything without having shoulder pain. | This medicine should be taken off the market. After I took medicine, in about three hours later, I started to get sick. My doctor said that boniva has to just work out of my system. First time I took pill which was on 09/13/07 and would never take it again. | F | | 9/19/2007 | 1 | Dexa dxd osteoporotic Femoral neck | Severe pains in the Sternum, upper thoracic vertebrae (right across the sternum), scapula and nearby ribs from the next day after taking the once monthly Boniva tablet. It hurts even to breath or bend, or turning etc. Never had any such pain in my life. This in not cardiac pain. It is the bone pain. Although, I never took any non-narcotic pain meds before, I had to take them to function. But they did not help much. Today is the 4th day after taking the first Boniva and there is no sign of pain going away. Do not know how long this last! Obviously, I am not going to take the Boniva next month when it becomes due for the once a month dose. | The Boniva package insert does not say anything about Sternal or other bone pains. However,they combined the pains into musculoskeletal and back pain. But, the table in their package insert shows very minimal difference regarding the pains between the boniva takers and placebo. Furthermore, according to their literature, only about 2% increase (betterment) in femoral-neck bone mineral density (BMD) after 2 years (24 months) use of Boniva compared to placebo.That % is so small!!!! Perhaps one can get a much better percentage increase in BMD by taking the daily Calcium,Vit D +/-estrogen (for females) without going through this hell of a sternal & upper back etc., pains. I am not going to take Boniva and I do not recommend it to others for the reasons stated above. | M | 1 months | 9/7/2006 | 1 | osteoporosis | Day 30, the day BEFORE I was to take my 2nd dose, I broke out all over with a rash on my entire back, stomach, thighs, neck, and arms. It is so severe, that I had to see my doctor who told me to stop taking it, and put me on Prednisone and Benadyrl. I dont know when the rash is going to subside, but its still going strong. DONT USE THIS DRUG. IT IS ANOTHER DRUG THAT I SEE GOING TO COURTS EVERYWHERE! | DO NOT USE IT, PLEASE! | 1 times | 10/27/2006 | 1 | ..... He said that he would not ask her to go on Fosamax or Actonal because it was in the same class of drug. He said that he was going to try to find an alternative that would be more "natural or organic". He also mentioned another drug called Fortical which is in the form of a nasal spray, and he was going to do some extensive research with Harvard Medical before asking any of his patients to go on that. | M | 1 days | 8/31/2006 | 1 | The info at the following link was written by ex-pharmaceutical chemist Shane Ellison about Boniva and it's endorser Sally Field: www.thepeopleschemist.com/view_stinky.php?stinky_id=12 | "The net result of taking Boniva is that you become a sack of old bones, held up by a crusty skeleton which is actually becoming more and more fragile over time, the exact opposite of what Sally’s anti-osteoporosis commercial implies". Shane Ellison M.Sc. | M | | 11/2/2008 | 1 | ostopenia | First dose, Feb. 6, 2008. After having headaches for the last two weeks, and all night long, I thought about what I've been doing differently. Boniva is the only thing. I rarely, if ever, have a headache. If I do, it's one Excedrine and it's over. These headaches...all night long and during the day. These headaches are nothing like I've ever experienced. After reading all of these other side effects, I'm not taking the 2nd month or ever again. | I'm disappointed in this product. Thought maybe my eyes were strained or I was getting the flu. | F | | 2/26/2008 | 1 | Osteopenia | Within a week of taking my first dose, I had a severe allergic reaction. Developed hives/rash starting in my scalp, spreading to my neck, chest, shoulders, arms, groin and even my legs. Itching was nasty, was prescribed prednisone in two series and having to deal with the side effects of that drug. Wouldn't come near that medication again. Worst reaction to any medication in my life. | M | | 12/20/2008 | 1 | osteopenia | I felt as if I had the flu for exactly 30 days after taking only one Boniva tablet. I was very much incapacitated every day after about 12:00 noon. I had no strength to prepare dinner and had to go to bed for the rest of every day. | The terrible thing about a once a month medication is that once it's in one's system, there is othing one can do about the ill affects! | 1 days | 1/13/2009 | 1 | juvenile osteopenia | My daughter has been extremely sick from this drug. I would NOT advise another parent to consent to treatment for their children with this very scary drug!!!!! | F | 18 | 1 days | 11/16/2006 |
BONIVA (IBANDRONATE SODIUM): Ibandronate is used to prevent and treat certain types of bone loss (osteoporosis). Osteoporosis causes bones to become thinner and break more easily. Your chance of developing osteoporosis increases after menopause, as you age, or if you take corticosteroid medications (such as prednisone) for long periods. This medication works by slowing bone loss to help maintain strong bones and reduce the risk of broken bones (fractures). Ibandronate belongs to a class of medications called bisphosphonates. FDA Approval Date: 2005-03-24 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)