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 | yes | Unable to walk, pain all over body, nausea, vomiting, headaches | I am writing on behalf of my poor mother who took Boniva for the first time yesterday and woke up today unable to walk. She is unable to stand up without fainting. Can not move her body without experiencing a severe amount of pain. Unfortunately, I found this website too late. Does any one have any suggestions on how to improve her quality of life while this "medicine" is still in her body. | F | 65 | 1 days | 8/2/2007 | 1 | osteopinia | Horrific pain in rib cage, back, hip (everywhere I had a previous injury). Could barely move and breath. Upset stomach, diarrea. | I called Roche, they seemed surprised and had never heard of such side effects, then told me, that must have been why all the people dropped out of the study. FDA needs to get in there in clean house. If people drop out of a study, there has to be a reason. Roche said there is no way to get it out of your system. I want whoever keeps manufacturing this to suffer the way I have suffered. How can I put a -10 for the rating? BEWARE, BEWARE, BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!! | F | 45 | 1 days | 8/3/2007 | 1 | Osteopenia | I have mild osteopenia but decided I wanted to perserve my bones well into old age. I'm 51. Well I have lower back pain, left hip aches, trouble getting to sleep and staying alsleep, foot cramps, indegestion all after just one dose. I took the first dose on 7/18/07 and still haveing the symptoms. Can't wait to get this stuff out of my system. I practice Yoga and couldn't believe how it has affected my movements. I litterly felt as if my body had gotten older over night. | Don't take Boniva. Just like everything else they advertise on TV eventually they'll come back and say "Oops Boniva causes heart attaches." Or something equalivent! I hope they're are no long term side effects like needing a liver transplant or something to that nature. Good Luck! I would like to hear from someone how long the side effects last once you stop taking Boniva. | F | 51 | 1 months | 8/3/2007 | 1 | osteopenia | I am a personal trainer, runner, and Spinning instructor--basically, in great physical shape. It has been 40 hours since my first and only dose of Boniva. Since then, I have experienced joints and muscles that ache...pains in my chest...and I feel like I am 100 years old. After reading this site, I will no longer take Boniva or similar drugs again. I hope it gets better soon. I wish I had read this site before taking the drug. I will write the FDA and Boniva's manufacturer, plus show this site to my MD. If you know of any helpful suggestions to rid myself of Boniva’s terrible side-effects, then please email me. I will look into charcoal tablets and yogurt. Thanks! | F | 56 | 1 days | 8/4/2007 | 1 | osteopenia | Join pain, dificulty walking, tightness in the chest,difficulty with breathing and talking at the same time, abdominal pain so severe that felt like I was hit by stones and couldn't eat for five days and still counting. Fever of over 101. | I would never touch this drug again. FDA should take this drug off the shelf. Not all women will associate the above symptoms with Boniva immediatly and will suffer needlesly. I am going to complain to my doctor for her failure to setup a check up on me a few weeks/months after going on this drug. It was only by accident reading this web site that I became aware of the serious side effects of this drug and made the connection. Nobody told me about the side effects. Advice to other potential users, avoid this drug look seriously at alternatives. | F | 51 | 9 days | 8/4/2007 | 4 | osteoporosis | I have taken Boniva for over 2 years and only once had mild heartburn. I think that was because I didn't drink enough water when I took it. No other symptoms for me. My bone density is holding steady. I have Celiac disease, so that's probably the best that can be expected until I get the Celiac under control. | F | 51 | 2.5 years | 8/6/2007 | 1 | osteopenia | Within a few hours of taking the medication, I experienced some stomach upset.However, the next day I began feeling achy...especially in my ribcage and diaphragm area. That night I could not turn in bed because I was in so much pain and couldn't sleep. I called the pharmacist in the morning and he said it could be from Boniva. I called my doctor who wasn't very concerned and just told me to take some Tylenol, which I did. It's now three days later and I still feel achy and my throat is scratchy. I'm concerned how long these symptoms will last since the drug is long acting. I won't take this medication again! | The drug company needs to further investigate the safety of this medication. I hope Sally Fields isn't putting her health in danger! | M | 57 | 5 days | 8/6/2007 | 1 | osteoporosis | I took this drug for 3 months and the symptoms increased: flu like feeling, hot, cold, diarrhea and then tinnitus. I took my last dose on March 25, 2007. All of the symptoms have disappeared except the tinnitus, which seems to worsen at night. I have been to various doctors for tests, and they cannot find a reason, other than the suspicion that possibly it too is a side effect of Boniva. Does anyone else have this problem? | F | 63 | 3 months | 8/7/2007 | 1 | osteopenia | Stomach pain,body aches, especially arms and legs, headaches and extreme fatigue (next day) | I took Fosamax, but had a more severe side effect. I also tried Actonel with lesser side effects. I am a breast cancer survivor and have had chemotherapy and radiation in the past. These side effects are similar to the after effects of some chemo. I have missed a day of work so far after taking Boniva for the first time. | F | 43 | 1 times | 8/7/2007 | 1 | Low bone density | After one day I had pains all over. I felt like I had the flu. The pains lasted 4 days. I will never take Boniva again. | F | 66 | 1 days | 8/8/2007 | 1 | osteoperosis | One day after taking Boniva I felt like I was going to die. I experienced SEVERE bone and muscle pain, especially in my hip, back and chest. I went to the ER, and an IV of pain and muscle relaxant allowed me to sleep that night. It is now 5 days later, and I am searching for relief with drugs, but not getting any. As I read the comments on this site, I hear myself talking. I have been telling everyone I feel 110 and have never felt such pain. It is worse than childbirth! I only hope they take this drug off the market! | F | 57 | 1 days | 8/9/2007 | 1 | Dr. recommended Boniva lost height | thought I was becoming paralazed,ribs hurting,pain in jaw,head,thought i was getting lockjaw, pain was unbearable, could not stand or move head from side to side,back or forward, considerable expense spent due to trying to alleviate pain. Now i have been diagonsed as having something wrong with my upper back, dr said probably triggered by the Boniva,,,key word triggered;;;; do not take this drug,, | i have always been very active, but this dangerous drug has i hoped not made my life shorter....... | F | 73 | 2 months | 8/12/2007 | 1 | osteoporosis | I'm submitting this on the 6th day after initial dose. Side effects started approximately 24 hrs after initial dose. Severe abdominal pain increasing with each day. I've developed weakness and flu-like symptoms. I feel as if I've aged ten years in the last few days. My vibrant, optimistist personality has totally changed. I'm full of rage, depressed, and can't stand anyone around me. Pain started this a.m. in my extremities, and I lost my balance almost causing me to fall. | This is poison and sucks the life out of you. | F | 54 | 6 days | 8/13/2007 | 1 | Osteoporosis | On the second month I was on Boniva, I thought I was having a heart attack or stroke! It felt like poison shoot through my blood stream and go directly to my heart. I lost feeling in my left leg, left arm, left side of my face, and my tongue went numb. I under went a series of tests and procedures since February of 2007 and none of the "panel" of doctor's had told me to get off of the Boniva and they all knew I was taking it once a month. I continued to have stroke like seizures over these past six months and I suffer from severe chest pains and spasms in my heart, intense cramping and pain in my left leg and arm, diarrhea, flu like symptoms, high blood pressure, and swelling in my throat that makes it extremely difficult to swallow and breathe. When I had four stroke like seizures in one day the doctor then told me to get off of the Boniva. I have only been off of it for a month and a half and I have not had a seizure since I stopped taking that deadly once a month pill. | I have so much internal damage to my esophagus that I have to take Protonix everyday. My diet is regulated to bananas, apples, bread and mineral water. I also have to take high blood pressure medicine now, and possibly the rest of my life. The numbness and nerve damage on my left side make it difficult to perform normal everyday tasks. I will never take or recommend anybody to take Boniva! This is an extremely deadly and dangerous medication that has changed my life negatively forever!!!!!!!!!! | F | 38 | 6 months | 8/13/2007 | 1 | osteoporosis | nausea, bloating, vomiting...all over malaise...have never had any side effects from a medication like this before and have only taken two so far. will not take the third. | F | 70 | 46 days | 8/14/2007 | 1 | severe bone loss | debilitating dizziness, nausea, joint pain and migraines | I lost several days of work and $6000 in the emergency room thinking I had a stroke; I was diagnosed with vertigo but there was no cause; MRI and EKG showed no problems. Many doctors later, I googled "side effects of Boniva" at the suggestion of my husband -- and found this site. Needless to say, I will never take it again. I only hope it hasn't done too much damage already. This drug is much too strong to be dispensed as cavalierly as it is. I have reported it to the FDA, sent my doctor all 84 pages of feedback on this site, and plan to send a letter to GlaxoSmithKline as well. A pill that costs over a $100 per dose shouldn't be making me sick. It should be fixing my bones. I'd rather have a hump in my 80s than feel like I'm 80 when I'm 50! Plus, there is no guarantee that all this pain is even working. They "think" it restores bones. They should try it themselves and see what it's like to be unable to see because of migraines or walk because of joint p | F | 57 | 12 months | 8/15/2007 | 1 | Osteopenia | I have had debilitating middle back pain since the day after I took the Boniva, which was 5 days ago. I only took it once and I will never take it again. I work full time, and it is interfering with my ability to sit at my desk and focus -- the back pain is that severe. I have never had any back problems before. I also had diarrhea and some numbness in my feet, but it's the back pain that's crippling. My doctor told me to expect some mild heartburn -- I can't even pick up my young child without wincing. The doctor's office told me to take it again next month, to see what happens. NO WAY. | F | 45 | 1 times | 8/16/2007 | 1 | osteopenea | About 12 hours after taking Boniva, I started having severe aching in neck, rib cage, trunk, hip, lower back and shoulders to the point of tears from pain. I could barely move I hurt so bad. I have been taking it for 4 months and each time this aching gets worse. It even hurts to breathe, the diaphragm hurts so much. The last time I took it it hurt like this for 3 days. So, now I have a choice of weak bones or fried liver from all the advil I am taking to take the edge off the pain. Flexeril, a muscle relaxant did not ease anything. I would not advise anyone to take this drug. Sally Field can have mine because I am not going to take it again. | F | 60 | 4 months | 8/18/2007 | 1 | osteopenia | I had a bad headache all day long during my first day. Although I have some of the other side-effects listed here, the one that concerns me is that sometimes I just need to sleep that if anyone/thing wakes me up, I literally fall asleep imediately. I have tried fighting the feeling, and it is useless. | Does anyone else have this heavy sleepness occuring? Or, is it considered a "flu-like" symtom? Will NEVER take it again. Please post on this site if you have the same problem. Thanks. | F | 48 | 2 weeks | 8/18/2007 | 1 | Prescribed by GYN | Took 1st dose 08/16/07. 24 hours later, severe stomach cramps, muscle aches, chills, fever, generally feeling rotten. Cramps lasted 4 days. Day 5, arms aching and chest discomfort along with sternum soreness. | Read "official, possible" side effects. Wasn't prepared for actual ones. Will not take Boniva again. Hope other people find this site before taking. Feel as if I was mislead by drug manufacturer and my Dr. | F | 51 | 1 days | 8/21/2007 |