BONIVA Reviews (IBANDRONATE SODIUM)Average Rating: 1.3 (1602 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BONIVA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BONIVA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | osteoprosis | My doctor was amazed how much Boniva had helped my bone strength and growth | F | 57 | 150 1X M | 12/1/2010 | 5 | Got osteopenia after gastric bypass | NO negative. WONDERFUL increase in bone density in the three years since starting Boniva. Almost back to normal levels. | F | 54 | 150 mg tab 1X M | 8/31/2011 | 5 | bone thinningx | none Taking for 5 months. | I feel more people are satisfied but when things are going well, you just don't bother to comment. I do sympathize with those who are having problems. I wish more satisfied would comment. | F | 79 | | 11/4/2007 | 5 | Osteoporosis | None at all | I feel fine taking the Boniva, however I couldn't adjust to the fosomax or actonel. I been on it for a year now. | F | 51 | | 1/10/2008 | 3 | Oseomalacia, osteoporosis | First Boniva injection in May was great. Bone pain improved. Second injection in August was horrible. Experienced severe bone pain lasting three days, muscle spasms, headache, nausea. | I work in the medical field and have had other patients state they have experienced the same effects after taking second injection. | F | 54 | | 8/30/2007 | 3 | Please disregard my rating of this drug. I have not yet taken Boniva, but I have a question.... | Has anyone here taken the Boniva infusion ? (once every 3 months) If so, what were the effects? I took Actonel for many years, had no side effects, but my osteoporosis has continued to worsten. Now my rheumatologist wants me to go with the Boniva infusions, but I am terrified after reading your comments here. I'm wondering if there is a difference in side effects between the infusion and the pills. I appreciate any help you can offer! | F | 57 | 1X day | 9/20/2010 | 3 | osteopenia | F | 69 | 150 MG 1X day | 9/24/2011 Patient History | 3 | I am posting this note because I have had some success remedying the long term joint pain problems many of you discussed. Although I was taking Fosamax rather than Boniva, they are both bisphosphonates and are very similar in action and side effects, and I thought my success might be very helpful to some of you. After taking Fosamax for 7 years with no problems, I took a single generic pill in October, 2011. In a few hours I had nearly all the side effects listed in the other postings, hip pain, shoulder pain, jaw pain, popping joints, soreness on balls of feet. I had been completely pain free before this. I stopped the Fosamax immediately and most of the symptoms subsided over a couple of months. However, the posterior hip continued to hurt with every step, and the shoulder pain continued. For ten months there was no improvement. Besides Fosamax, I had also been taking Lipitor for five years. Since Lipitor is known to cause muscle/joint pain, and since Lipitor affects the same cellular metabolic mevalonate pathway as does Fosamax, I thought I would try discontinuing Lipitor for a while. While not completely gone, the hip and the shoulder improved significantly within weeks. Do approach this cautiously, since you must be on Lipitor for some cardiovascular reason, and your cardiovascular benefits of Lipitor must be weighed in. | F | 65 | 1X day | 10/15/2012 | 3 | Bone Loss | Has anyone had experience with taking Boniva by IV? | M | 67 | | 6/10/2006 | 2 | bone density test | swollen ankles, bloating and extremely sensitive teeth! | F | 50 | | 6/27/2007 | 2 | osteopenia | Two months ago, began having a lot of pain in upper thigh area--front and back--especially when getting up from a chair, in and out of the car, stooping to pick something up. Now having pain in neck, shoulder, arm areas. | TAKING BONIVA 3 YEARS. I'm fairly active--walk several miles 5 times a week--couldn't pinpoint why I've been feeling this achy the last couple of months. After reading comments on this site, I'll stop taking Boniva and have scheduled an appt. with my doctor to see if that's the cause. COULD SOMEONE TELL ME HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN FOR THESE ACHES/PAINS TO GO AWAY? | F | 55 | | 1/20/2009 | 2 | Bone loss in my spine | Took my first dose on 1-23-09, spent the past few days with terrible bloating, stomach cramps, constipation and the worst lower back pain. Going onto this website made me aware of why I few so bad. | I'm not sure yet if I will take another dose. | F | 55 | | 1/28/2009 | 2 | | 6/16/2008 | 1 | bad drug | F | 62 | | 5/16/2009 | 1 | Osteopenia | I'm a fitness professional used to HARD bouts of exercise and injury(rotator cuff tear from a cycling accident). I also have a high tolerance to pain (Total hysterctomy and only had to take 2 days worth of pain relief). I took my first Boniva yesterday-followed instructions and drank 24 oz of fluid. I haven't had the GI problems but the bone pain is excrutiating. I had increased my weight training and was a little sore from that-just the usual. Took a kickboxing class and went cycling-20 miles-yesterday-nothing out of the ordinary for me. I woke up in the middle of the night in so much pain I couldn't breathe or get out of bed to take pain reliever. It started as a pain between my shoulder blades and then a stabbing pain in my sternum. The pain radiated up my spine from my shoulder blades to the base of my skull. It hurts my ribcage to breathe and my clavicle hurts as well. This isn't just aches it's a 9 out of 10 on the pain scale and the only time I have been in that much p | Not sure if I'll take a dose next month. | F | 51 | | 5/19/2009 | 1 | osteoporosis | My doc prescribed Boniva to be given intravenously every three months. Since about three weeks after the first infusion, I have suffered week after week of stomach ache, bloatedness, gas pains, and headache. I also had a ten day spell of very severe knee joint pain that came on suddenly and left just as suddenly for no other reason. It will be three weeks yet until I was supposed to have the next infusion and I continue to feel lousy. I hope these side effects will go away soon--I will NEVER take this drug again! | F | 66 | | 5/22/2009 | 1 | osteoporosis | I had extreme nausea, waves of stomach cramps, bloating, burping, nasty diarrhea, insomnia, muscle and joint pains, feverish, flu-like aches, great pains in upper stomach area and behind breat bone, and a general weakness all over. | I almost called 911 because I was so uncomfortable and scared. I couldn't eat or drink anything. Just the thought made me sick to my stomach. The side effects lasted for days and my upper stomach is still sore. I feel like this medicine is poisonous! | F | 56 | | 6/11/2009 | 1 | osteoporosis | I took my first injection of Boniva a week ago. I had been feeling great before the injection.Two days after the shot, I noticed joint pain and an upset stomach. Today, I nearly fainted and my stomach is bloated and I feel cold.My stomach is so big and hard that I look as if I'm pregnant. I have a severe headache and my calves are cramping. God, how long will this last? My doctor knows that I have acid reflux. He assured that the injection would bypass the stomach and I should not have any problems with my stomach. God, I hope that these symptoms go away, soon. | F | 64 | | 6/12/2009 | 1 | bone loss from chemo | I took my first pill that morning according to directions. The next morning, I woke up with severe chest pain, and consided calling 911, as my father died of a massaive coronary at my age. I waited till the next day, called my MD, and he sent me directly to the ER. I stayed there, and was tested for heart problems for 2 days, but my heart was fine. It is now 10 days later, and I still have heart burn and chest pain. I just hope it wears off after 30 days. I did take Fosomax for 6 mos. but switched because of severe joint pain. I think I'll be checking into something natural to help with my bone density. | I just took one Boniva pill. | F | 61 | | 7/25/2009 | 1 | osteosporosis | terrible back pain, flu like symptoms and stomach cramps. | F | 53 | | 8/6/2009 |
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)