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 | 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 | Border line bone loss/osteopenia | Severe pain in the neck, shoulders, back, lower back and legs. Partial loss of hairs, partial loss of short term memory. Fatigue, fatigue and fatigue. Feel like a lethargic 100 year old woman with slow to no mobility at times. Sleepless at night. Warped toe nails. Pain in the arms and hardly can hold a coffee cup | I tried to explain the adverse reaction to my Dr. He prescribed Cortisone for the pain!! Two weeks after taking the drug, the severe side effects are still lingering. I need an antidote against Boniva. I will discontinue taking Boniva and will replace it with a calcium rich diet, bone strengthening exercise and some sun ray exposition life style. | F | 59 | 3 months 1X M | 6/18/2013 Patient History | 4 | osteoperosis | I checked this website to see if the itching on my arms, which appeared when I started taking Boniva were related. Apparently not. However, I have not experienced any of the side effects everyone talks about. And my bones are doing better. Take care! | F | 55 | 3 years 1X M | 6/13/2013 | 1 | osteopenia | It has been at least 2 yrs since taking Boniva and I still have days when I have pain in my leg bones as well as fatigue. I didnt sleep thru the night. My accupuncturist told me to put a heating pad or hot bag on my stomach for 15 min when I go to bed. It works. I fall asleep within 10 min and stay asleep for at least 6 hrs. Nothing helps with the pain but at least I sleep better. | F | 65 | 1 days 30mg 1X M | 5/24/2013 | 1 | Oh Sally Field...you have blood on your hands!!! | F | 1X day | 5/15/2013 | 1 | osteo | I now have osteo arthritis in my hands. Never had any sign of this before the drug. have constent back arm and neck muscle aches. Have no energy tired all the time. Symptons came on slowly have gotten worse over the last few months. Had no idea that the Boniva was causing this. Just stopped the medecine as all the side effects listed is what I am going through. Was on Fosamax for a year, had uslcer in throat. Wanted to see if other bone medicine worked. Now in so much pain and tired all the time. Cannot do simple tasks like turning a door handle. Only 50 had no symptoms before Not sure if this will go away. Should have lived with the osteo, better than what I am going through now. Going to look into natural ways. Do not take this medicine. | F | 53 | 6 months 1X M | 4/28/2013 | 1 | Osteoporosis | Terrible bladder pain that won't go away after 6 weeks. Also depression. | F | 66 | 4 months 150 | 4/13/2013 | 1 | I started Boniva per my doctor's advice. I started to feel depressed and sore all over, esp. in my back and legs. Today, a year after taking Boniva I can hardly stand and have terrible back pain. I would never recommend this drug. Refuse to take it even if your doctor recommends | F | 67 | 8 months | 4/5/2013 | 1 | Osteopenia | Flu like symptoms of muscle, bone ache. Side effects began in the spine as if the flu was coming on and progressed from there to crippling pain through shoulders into neck and head. I could not walk and required help to do so. The crippling lasted approximately 3-4 days, but the pain continued for up to a month. I contacted the pharmaceutical company to inquire about these side effects as my Dr. had told me it was not a reported side effect. (As if it were all in my mind) I still to this day, 3 years later have issues with muscle, bone, joint pain. | Do not take this drug.Do not be a guinea pig for this drug. | F | 56 | 1X M | 3/20/2013 | 1 | Dr.'s recommedation | I had a bone density test done along with two other tests...no word on the BD test. A month later, called the doctor's office and was informed "someone" would call me that afternoon. Doctor called and informed me I was heading toward osteopenia; said I should be taking Boniva. Without even asking me any questions, he prescribed Boniva and called it in to my healthcare provider. Didn't think much about it until the next day when I began my search about this drug and found this website. After reading only a handful of the comments, decided I did not want to take this drug. So I called my provider to cancel and was informed the drug had already shipped! I could not return it (even unopen) and was "stuck" paying my portion. Called my doctor's office once again to say I was not going to take this drug. Guess what? The nurse informed me I SHOULD take it...the doctor HIGHLY recommended me taking it! I said not with all those side effects...her response...you may not even have any! That's true but is it worth it to take the chance and then find out I, too, have the side effects many of you are experiencing? I wasn't going to take that chance. So I'm out $156 - but I don't have any of the side effects a lot of you have posted. So I deeply thank each of you for letting me know. Only hope others that are in the process of "maybe" taking this drug will find this website and reconsider (this website should be posted in all doctors' offices!) P.S. I've si | F | 66 | 0 days ? 1X day | 3/17/2013 | 1 | bone loss | head pain, bladder pain, depression and muscle aches | I have always felt great until I started taking Boniva. I haven't been the same since. | F | 66 | 4 months 150 1X M | 3/16/2013 | 4 | Osteoporosis | No side effects that I can tell. Of course I have my typical aches/pains. I was taking another type of meds for my osteoporosis, which left me feeling depressed. | I have been very happy with Boniva. However, as soon as my osteoporosis is under control I am not taking it anymore. | M | 53 | 2 years 150 1X M | 2/27/2013 | 1 | osteoporosis,osteopenia | Flu like symptoms. Bone and muscle pain in lower back. Sciatic pain in leg. Bone and muscle pain in chest around the sternum. Pain in collar bone. | Within eight hours of taking the generic Ibandronate Sodium, I started feeling very ill as if I had the flu. The pain started in my lower back and eventually to my chest and my collar bone. The next day I was barely able to move. The pain in my back would seize up when I tried to move. I felt like I had been hit by a truck. That was my first and only time taking this drug. I will not be taking it again. It has been two days since I took this drug and I am still having pain. To me this is an indication that this drug is toxic to the human body. | F | 56 | 1 days 150 1X M | 2/4/2013 | 1 | osteopenia | I experienced nausea which I ignored for a few weeks then I had to say it was the Boniva, it made me sick to my stomach I told my doctor who said to keep taking it !! I stopped and when she heard that she was very angry - who cares she is only pushing this drug and knows its bad for me . I stopped all the drugs started a healthy eating program for healthy bones by the site reverseosteopenia.com I also got a weight walking vest and found the weight vest Really helped me I got it on reverseosteopenia.com web site - it is very good and thanks to diet and weight vest I have re gained 5% of my bone back again - so dont be fooled by drug companies you can have strong bone and without taking drugs too. | I would not take this or any Bisphosphonate drugs they are illegal in several countries now and only in america where greed is king can they still push this poison. Try a healthy diet and you must get a weight vest , try the one by nyknyc its great and check out this web site I mention, it works www.reverseosteopenia.com there are some others but this one is by a nurse who cured herself of osteoporosis with weight workouts and healthy diet she is very good. | F | 57 | 4 months 75 1X day | 1/30/2013 | 3 | diagnosed with osteo perosis | all of a sudden I have been having pain in my rib area, but I don't know if its from Boniva, or other meds I have been taking. I read where it could be from a statin pill I take for high cholesterol. | I haven't had a bone scan since taking Boniva, so I don't know if it is helping or not. I will probably have one in a couple of months. | F | 78 | 1 years 150mg 1X M | 1/20/2013 | 1 | preventive | Taken as preventive medicine..I started having joint pain and severe neck popping. Stopped taking immediately | F | 53 | 10 days | 1/10/2013 | 1 | osteopenia | Raging, burning incredible heart burn. One pill and I was done! | F | 69 | 1 days 1X W | 1/5/2013 | 1 | Osteoporosis | Back pain, foot pain, neuropathy from the left hip to the left foot | After taking my first dosage of Boniva I had back pain for a few days, then the feet started. At first I thought maybe I had plantar fascitis or had pulled my Achilles tendon, but there was tingling and burning. I stopped taking Boniva after three months. It's been two months since I stopped but I still have foot problems. I wish I had never taken Boniva. I just hope I can return to pre-Boniva over time. | F | 62 | 3 months 1X day | 12/9/2012 | 1 | Osteopenia | I've already talked about my side effects. Just wanted to say that I took my first and only dose on July 15 and I'm still experiencing side effects today, Dec 9. I regret ever taking that drug! | F | 54 | 1 days Lowest 1X M | 12/9/2012 | 1 | Osteoporosis | Metal taste in my mouth is awful. Good to see others experience the same. I thought I was nuts. | Take this off the market. I The side effects are not told to patients by doctors. Sick of doctors not advising patients. What about other medications we take and how they mix with other medications? | 61 | 2 months 1X M | 12/8/2012 |