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 | Osteoporosis | I was on Foxomax for about 8 yrs. and switched to Boniva in November because I liked the once a month dosage. After taking Boniva for 3 months I started getting heartburn daily. It got so bad after my 5th month that I had to stop taking it and still have the moderate chest pain. I now have to take Nexium to relieve some of the heartburn and pain in my chest. I now have to see a gastro doctor to figure out what to do about the pain in the chest. | Take it off the market before there are more people are harmed taking this drug. | F | 55 | 5 months | 5/29/2007 | 1 | advance osteoporosis | I can not believe what I am reading here - I wish I had read this site last week. I took my first 1 a month Boniva this past weekend and I spent 10 hours in the hospital on Tuesday 5/29. I have been in such pain it is incredible. Chest pain, breathing issues maybe from so much pain. I have mild asthma and with the tremendous chest pain I was in I couldn't breathe in or out. I thought I had somehow broken my ribs. I left the hospital with no true diagnosis but with a it's probably Pleurisy but not really a sure diagnosis. Now I am reading all of this and so much of what I am reading is how I have felt for 4 - 5 days now. The pain has been spreading and I can't get comfortable. I expected the flu like symptoms I am feeling based on the pamphlet but not this intense pain in the chest and now elsewhere. | I do not see these severe symptoms listed in the Boniva adverse reactions | F | 50 | 1 months | 6/1/2007 | 1 | Osteopenia | I have had severe hip, lower back and thigh pain. | I am discontinuing this medication. I thought the pain was from the excercise classes I have been going to. No. It is this medicine. Some days I could not even sit from the low back pain. Don't use it! | F | 58 | 5 months | 6/4/2007 | 1 | OSTEOPOROSIS | its been 75 days since last pill. still having severe pain in both shoulders and arms.the simple task of reaching for something on a shelf above or below sends that arm into muscle spasms. my collar bone aches 24/7 and my hips feel beaten to death. still hanging in there waiting for this poison to leave my system. | last pill 3/l8/07. wished i had known about this website before taking it.have posted here before in april. | F | 50 | 5 months | 6/4/2007 | 1 | Osteopenia | I took first dose of Boniva exactly as instructed. Within 30 minutes stomach began burning, heartburn along with a lot of air in my stomach. Over the next few hours I began abdominal cramps and laid down, propping my head and shoulders up so as to not worsen the heartburn, I slept 4 hours. When I awoke my stomach was still cramping and very bloated. Later I ate dinner followed by nausea and vomiting. Next day my lower back, shoulders, thighs, hips, arms and hands were strangely painful and achy. I had fever of 101.5, chills, headache, cramping and bloated stomach. I took Tylenol so as not to worsen my upset stomach. I called my Dr and told her that I thought I was having a reaction to Boniva and was there any way to get it out of my system faster. She said she'd never heard of these side effects and that I most likely had the flu (just a coincidence that it started after taking Boniva) and I could see if it happened next month. I told her that I did feel it was the Boniva because I had | I decided to google "Boniva fever" and found this site which confirmed what I already KNEW. It IS the Boniva making me sick! I'm so glad this info was available. | F | 43 | 3 days | 6/5/2007 | 1 | ostopenia (bone loss) | I had the severe flu symptoms for 3 days and missed work. The second month I took it I again had the same horrible symptoms and missed work again. I called the pharmacist and was told to quit taking it. I then called the doctor's office and told them...I am now suppose to start taking Actonel and I'm scared stiff after reading all the "ratings"....especially now since I've started having severe pains in my "chest" and stomach. I haven't had any jaw pains, but have noticed that my teeth are very sensitive to hot and cold now...wonder if this is from the Boniva????? I continue to have body aches but thought I was just old...but I don't think so now after reading all the posts. | Taking this medicine is like self inducing illness....you're fine until you take it...then you become ill...not a good thing. I would not recommend this medicine at all. [email protected] | F | 63 | 2 months | 6/6/2007 | 1 | Osteoporosis | severe pain in my arms, shoulders, wrists,hand, thighs ankles,and feet. extreme fatigue and heaviness, dizziness, foggy feeling. Limbs going to sleep and feeling like fire in my veins as they were waking up again | I had no idea this was going on with the Boniva until I went to the dentist and he refused to extract some teeth. I have a lower partial plate and all of a sudden I broke 3 teeth so I decided to get a full plate. The clinic was out of town and the dentist said I might require extra after care and I lived to far away to keep coming back. I'm convinced the Boniva is why the teeth became weakend and broke and after reading all the posts I am convinced that the Boniva has been the cause of my pain for the last 20 months. All this after only one pill. I'm slowly, very slowly coming back but the dentist told me that what is in Boniva can stay in your system for years. Don't take this drug. | F | 67 | 1 months | 6/6/2007 | 2 | osteoporosis | I didn't notice any side effects until about two weeks after taking the second pill (six weeks after starting). I had a few sleepless nights, vague heartburn, and then neck discomfort. The final straw was the lower back/hip pain. After a few days of that, I found this website and connected the dots. | I will not take another dose of Boniva. I also have tried Fosamax (severe gastric problems after 9 months), and Evista, which I stopped two months ago due to hot flashes. I'll search for a natural method. | F | 67 | 2 months | 6/7/2007 | 1 | bone density loss | extreme flu-like symptoms; 102 degree fever, chills, debilitating muscle and joint pain, burning in chest and joints; pain around ribs and upper back. | This was my first dose of the once-a-month Boniva. I will ask my doctor to switch me to another anti-osteoporosis medication. This can't be worth the terrible pain that I experienced. | F | 57 | 1 days | 6/7/2007 | 1 | bone loss | extreme shoulder pains, and muscle pains after only 1 dose | This drug should never been approved. It causes more harm than good. | F | 67 | 2 weeks | 6/8/2007 | 1 | Osteoperosis | Extreme, debilitating pain in bones and muscles. Flu like symptoms including chills. Pain began only after one dose, in that evening and continued for three days with no relief from over the counter pain medication. I thought I'd give it one more try the next month, symptoms were the same. I will not take this medication again. I have asked the doctor if I could try another. | F | 51 | 2 months | 6/9/2007 | 1 | osteoporosis | muscle and joint pain, lower back pain, chills, chest pain, shoulder pain, trouble breathing, in bed for days and could not move with out severe pain, teeth hurt, numbness in leg and tongue, stomach pain! | F | 62 | 1 days | 6/9/2007 | 1 | osteospenia | About eight days after my initial dose of Boniva my back right hip started hurting, almost like a pinched nerve. I thought I had slept funny on it. I went to my chiropractor and had an adjustment but it really hasnt improved. I am walking with a limp and am in quite a bit of pain. Yesterday my calves started tightening up and it is very painful to walk. I am in shock and disbelief that I am feeling this way but not since I have come across this web site. I will not take this medecine again. I am wondering how long this will last and how long this medicine stays in your system. HELP!!! | F | 45 | 1 weeks | 6/10/2007 | 1 | Osteopenia | My side effects, which I have not experienced before, include: severe chills, severe stomach cramps, leg cramps, foot cramps, body aches and pains (i.e., bone & muscle), loss of appetite, indigestion, nausea, and fatigue. | I have only taken Boniva two times and wonder if I will ever feel 100%, again! I will NEVER ever take Boniva, again! Shame on the drug company, and shame on Sallie Fields for jumping onto their bandwagon! (If you can't trust Sallie Fields, who can you trust?) More importantly, shame on the FDA for ever allowing this drug onto the market! As far as I am concerned, this drug is a poison and should not be prescribed for anyone! If you currently take Boniva, think twice before you take your next dose! If you haven't already taken Boniva, "just say no!" when your doctor suggests it. If this many people are "sick" from it, it can't be a good thing for your body, in my opinion. FDA DO YOUR JOB! | F | 45 | 2 months | 6/11/2007 | 1 | Osteoporosis | I have experienced a myriad of difficulties that I have posted before. On 10 months and now have been off for 6 months. Seems to have almost run it's course but has taken this long and I have been through hell. I have experienced every thing all have posted negatively on this site. However in the last year my eye site has declined terribly. I am wondering if anyone else has had their eye site to diminish? I have just been fitted with new glasses and never wore them before. This medication should be taken off te market and rated BAH HUMBUG! | DON'T TAKE IT. | F | 75 | 10 months | 6/13/2007 | 1 | Osteoporosis | I took Boniva yesterday at 7:30 Am and within 12 hours I started having chest pain, severe pain on both of my arms and I could hardly move my neck. My whole body aches worse than the flu. I had a hard time getting out of bed this morning as if a heavy truck was on my body because of pain. | I would not recommend this medication. It is not worth it. I hope this side effects is short lasting. I am a preacher and I need to go to church tonight and I hope I could make it. | F | 63 | 1 days | 6/13/2007 | 1 | bone lost | After the first pill about 12 hrs later stomach burning, a few hours later sever chills and bone aches and very weak. Wastn't able to do any thing. Lasted at lease two day. Still some weakness on 3rd day. | Drank lots of water, ate only potatoes (boiled no salt) for the stomach burning and took hot bath for pain in bones. The stomach buring and the pain would awaken me and I'd take a hot bath and eat just a few potatoes. I hope this help someone to endure. Its so painfull. | F | 58 | 1 days | 6/14/2007 | 1 | Osteoporosis high fracture risk | About 2 weeks after 1st IV dose because of esophageal ulcer history, the only way I can describe my symptons is like I was beaten up in a boxing match!!Mid back, upper back upper arms, shoulders,base of neck and on... I thought it was because maybe my thyroid was out of wack but now I know it must be the Boniva.It has gotten progressively worse as the weeks have gone on. Can't sleep and when I do drift off I wake up in more pain. Bottom jaw and teethsensitive as well. | What is with this drug and why wasn't I informed of such side effects before it was given to me? When I called my doctor, she said she would look into the side effects more but I have yet to hear from her?? | F | 47 | 1 days | 6/15/2007 | 1 | Osteopennia | I thought I was having a heart attack. Severe chest pain. Went to emergency room and had a whole battery of heart tests including cardiac catherization. Cardiologist said my heart was like a 21 year old; I'm 56. I'm scheduled for upper GI test next month. We are worried about damage to esophagus. This was after only taking third pill. No bad symptoms till then, but oh what a wallop when it did hit. | Still having severe indigestion and a "tight" feeling in chest that keeps me awake at night. Must use three pillows. I'm taking Protonix and constantly burbing. It hurts when I take my vitamin pills; I can feel them go all the way down when I swallow. I have to watch everything I eat and I can't get rid of the hurting in the chest. | F | 56 | 3 months | 6/17/2007 | 1 | osteopenia | I took one pll May 7, 2007. Three days later while traveling, I became very sivk, a massive headache for a few days and nausea. Then that whole week on and off I was sick with weird symptoms. I had a lump in my throat on and off for days. My shoulder was killing me. My right hip was hurting so bad. I thought initailly I had hurt myself golfing so much. Then, the end of the 2nd week, I became so sick with the flu or so I thought. Was in bed for 2 more days. The most horrible thing though that I have discovered, is that I can not have an orgasm. I am 50 and very sexually active with my husband and this is now a huge issue for me. Today is June 18 and still has not resolved itself. I refused to take anymore until I have some answers. After reading this page, I realized that it was all due to the boniva, i am convinced of that. If someone out there has had this issue arise and been too embaressed to address it, pls email me. My doctor thinks I'm crazy! Im just frustrated! | I am definitely afraid to take this any more. | F | 50 | 1 months | 6/18/2007 |