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 |
| 1 | Suspected lower bone density | Within 4 days of taking my first (and last!) monthly pill, I began suffering tighness across my ribcage, followed by increasing joint pain in my shoulders, wrists, elbows, neck, back and legs. Within 10 days I felt like I had been hit by a train, and could barely function with the pain. My doctor immediately took me off the prescription and added it to my medical records as a severe allergy. She prescibed heavy pain medication which needed further supplemental pain meds for over 60 days. The pain returned in regular waves like a residual time-release doses for another 6 months and included regular Night-Horror" dreams with kicking and punching reactions that often hurt my wife. Over the course of a year, I had gradual diminishing effects, and feel now totally flushed of Bon-Evil after 2 years. Only 1 pill did this to me, and it was hell. | M | 60 | 1 times | 1/10/2009 | 1 | some bone loss | joint pain especially in my knees, stomach pain, weakness and fatique | F | 73 | 1 times | 1/10/2009 | 1 | Osteoporosis | Pains, stomach ache, heart burn, rapid heart beat, tired and feel twice as old as I am. Also had flu-like symptoms several times. The stomach ache is off and on. I've been off this medication for over 2 years and still get side effects. | I think it should be taken off the market. I am wondering if this stuff will ever get out of my system. | F | 80 | 4 months | 1/10/2009 | 1 | Osteoporosis | Severe abdominal pain and cramping the day after taking Boniva. Started in upper GI tract and worked it's way down. General feeling of flu-like illness. Three days in bed, unable to much of anything. Painful to walk around.It took about ten days to start feeling better. | I wrote to the company that makes/markets Boniva and they confessed that the side effects were worse than stated in the information literature handed out with the product or on the website... | F | 61 | 1 times | 1/10/2009 | 1 | osteopenia | I felt like I had a bad case of the flu. I had severe aches in arms and legs. | F | 53 | 1 days | 1/10/2009 | 1 | i was taking Boniva for my bones | i took Boniva a year ago i took one pill on a morning at the end of the day i was in severe pain all over my body,the next morning i couldnt get out of my bed,and when i did i could hardly walk,my entire body was in severe pain...it lasted for about a week..i still have bad pain in all my joints and i think having taken Boniva is the reason. | this medicine Boniva should be taken off the market | 45 | 1 days | 1/10/2009 | 1 | bone loss | HORRENDOUS! THE WORST! WHY IS SALLY FIELD STILL ADVERTISING IT, AND WHY HASN'T THE FDA PULLED IT? Such an awful reaction - Total body inflammation - swelling and pain - could hardly move my hands and fingers. SERIOUS NAUSEA FOR A LONG TIME. I only took it ONCE. I am horrified that all these reports are public and no one has pulled it. And I got off easy compared to a lot of other women. My problems lasted for six months from just one pill. Not sure, but I suspect it resulted also in dental problems for me. PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET A.S.A.P. Hopefully, there will be lawsuits on their way that will do what the FDA should have done a LONG TIME AGO - remove it and save a lot of women the agonies that it causes. | HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE - SHOULD HAVE BEEN PULLED OFF THE MARKET A LONG TIME AGO. | F | 65 | 1 days | 1/10/2009 | 1 | borderline osteoporosis | Significant pain in the hip joints. I don't have arthritis, nor have I ever had any prior joint pain. I've also never broken a bone. The day after taking Boniva I was walking like a 90 year old lady. It gradually subsided over a few days, then reappreared again about 10 days later (figured it was the "time release"). I tried Boniva again the next month, with same effects after taking. I discontinued it. | I'm beginning to think that doctors are "lowering the bar" for what constitutes as the onset of osteoporosis. I've got several age 50ish friends who have all been told to take Boniva, Fosamax, etc. These are all healthy, active women who don't have bone breaks. Suddenly we're all getting osteoporosis?? | F | 58 | 60 days | 1/10/2009 | 1 | osteoporosis | Incredibly bad reaction to first (and only) dose. Uncontrollable chills for several hours with muscle and bone pain. | M | 56 | 1 days | 1/10/2009 | 1 | osteoporosis | Within 24 hours of taking the very first pill, I experienced severe joint pain accompanied by chest pains and flu-like symptoms. The worst part is having difficulty walking. I now walk with a limp and the company distributing this should be sued for the irreparable damage it may have caused!!!!!!! | WARNING!!!!!! THIS DRUG IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH!!!!!! | F | 45 | 1 days | 1/10/2009 | 1 | osteoporsis | I have had three injections on a quarterly basis and this last one in December 2008, I now believe, that Boniva has given me severe hip pain that travels to buttocks and down leg. I have a hard time walking, especially up the stairs, do not sleep well due to the pain. Xray shows no arthritis or disease. Doctor says it is not due to Boniva but after reading so many other complaints I now believe that Boniva is the culprit. I too am concerned and am wondering if this pain is permanent. I had a good sprint to my walk but now I am slow and have a limp. Has anyone out there using this drug had joint and muscle pain that eventually left the body once they stopped using it? | F | 52 | 10 months | 1/7/2009 | 1 | osteopenia | Very severe join pain. Stomach pain. Headache. Flu like symptoms | I took my first once a month dose on saturday morning. By saturday evening, I was having flu like symptoms and body aches. By sunday morning i was having to be helped my husband to DO EVERYTHING !!!! Every joint in my body hurt and my stomach was in so much pain. I couldn't walk from one place to another without help. I cried in agony over this. Monday came around and still having to be helped around at all times. My husband had to take off work because I couldn't be alone. He called the doctor and was rudely told to come in. We got there after a 1/2 hr drive to be greeted by a FULL waiting room and the same rude woman. She said she couldn't get me in any sooner than anyone else because they were there first. I even tried to explain my symptoms again and see if there was anything they could do to help and they wouldn't. I left in tears to basically go home and lay and be able to do nothing. Today is tuesday and I am a little bit better but the pain in my stomach is still th | F | 42 | 1 days | 1/6/2009 | 1 | osteopenia | Intense muscle, leg, hip pain. Spinal weakness demonstrated by a constant "popping" sound with slight movement. No pain associated with this, but, is not a comfortable feeling! | Not sure if Boniva is the culprit, however, after reading these reviews, there are too many similarities to ignore. I would not recommend the drug without further investigation. | F | 65 | 2 years | 1/6/2009 | 2 | Spine compression | The first dose, had huge hot fashes and heart palpatations, by the second day had horrible flu symptoms. Dr insisted it was the flu not the pill. Lasted about a week. Pain in ankles are gone though, one of the reasons the scan was done so it has helped some. Have other problems with ulcerative colitis, acid reflux, wasn't sure if this is hurting it more or not, taking it and family situations both hit at the same time. Second pill went smoothly with few problems, third had made me feel awful. Think I'll do what one of the other woman did, watch what and how I took it, and see, having a mother that was 5'8" and now 5'2" and a Grandmother with a hump, think I need to try it. I'm like many of you, very fit and active, thought I'd be safe! | Doing the once a month. | F | 57 | 3 months | 1/5/2009 | 1 | osteoporosis | Started having flulike symptoms every few months, then it increased to every four weeks, and I finally associated it with my taking Boniva. At the same time I started gaining weight quickly (8-10 lbs.) with no change in eating habits and also my rheumatoid factor was high. I had taken Boniva for about a year with no problems so my symptoms started in the second year of taking the medicine. I stopped taking Boniva and over time my weight has dropped back down to normal and I no longer experience the flulike episodes. I had associated the aches and pains with Boniva, but just started thinking the weight gain and elevated rheumatoid factor also resulted from the use of the drug. Has anyone else experienced unexplained weight gain from the use of Boniva? I was also on Fosamax for a few years and started experiencing acid reflux and now have to take medicine for that. | I now get the Reclast injection. I did get quite severe flulike symptoms right after the injection that lasted a few days, but once a year is much better than every month. With Reclast, your kidneys have to be in good working order and some people do experience the jaw problems. | F | 55 | 2 years | 1/5/2009 | 1 | osteopenia | rash on neck, lower back ache | This stuff was original used as an industrial cleaner. Do not put this in your body. Plus, why is it so dangerous to stop taking this drug suddenly. My $350.00 consulation with my doctor that lasted a full three minutes did not include any warnings about this product. Increase your calcium, magnesium, Vitamin D & K and add fish oil to your diet and stay away from this drug. | F | 55 | 1 months | 1/4/2009 | 1 | osteopenia | initially some chest pain and sensation of compression around sternum then all over terrible musculoskeletal aching, indigestion, severe diarrhea, ,36 hours later vomiting, could hardly move, still have significant body pain and fatigue 2 days after taking it but better...whew..it was intense | is it the 24 hour flu or the Boniva? How would I tell? I feel as if it was the Boniva... | F | 50 | 1 days | 1/4/2009 | 1 | bone lose | jaw pain shoulder pain ankle swelling | do not take this drug | F | 80 | 12 months | 1/3/2009 | 1 | post menopausal osteoporosis | Burning in the throat,heart palpitations, aching in neck muscles,nausea and bloating, back ache in lower back,catching pain just under left knee. | I truly believe that this drug should be recalled by the FDA and especially after reading all the other complaints under the Boniva web site complaints.It is poisoning users systems with the ingredients that are in it and Doctors are forced to prescribe it to the unsuspecting patients. | F | 76 | 4 months | 1/2/2009 | 1 | osteoporosis | 2 days after I took the first dose I was in the E.R. with total erosion of my esophagus. I spent 2 weeks in the hospital with what the doctors said was the worst they have ever seen happen to a throat. I am still suffering and its been 7 weeks!! | NEVER TAKE THIS DANGEROUS DRUG. i FELT I WAS DYING FROM ALL THE EFFECTS. i HAVE ANOTHER E.G.D TO GO THRU, MY 3RD ONE. | F | 59 | 1 days | 1/1/2009 |