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 | First day, gastic upset, tightening in chest. 2nd day, feel like I'm having a heart attack, and lower back pain. Chest aching, ribs aching, breast aching, heartburn. I am a heathly person. Never again. Frightening. | F | 55 | 2 days | 10/2/2006 | 1 | bone loss | I took my first dose 24 hours ago. The first hour I experienced mild nausea, but it was no big deal. About 12 hours later my hips began to ache, then my chest, sternum, ribs, and finally my spine. I can hardly breathe without pain. I feel like I have broken every rib in my body, and my spine feels fused together. My muscles are very in my back and chest are very tight, probably due to the pain. I slept very little last night, and Tylenol didn't seem to help at all. Once I sit up in a chair for a while, I can hardly get up. I feel as stiff as a broom. I'm calling my doctor as soon as his office opens. | If things don't improve for me quickly, I don't know what I'm going to do. I will have a hard time working. At this point, I will NOT take my second dose. | M | 50 | 1 days | 10/3/2006 | 1 | Osteopinea and bad reaction to Fosx | Terrible pain in rib cage, shoulder, elbow and generalized throughout body for the entire time taken. Muscle spasms in rib area as well. Complete misery. | Many people I know have had problem yet doctors prescribe it without discussing side effects. Fosamax was as bad with damage to the digestive system. | F | 57 | 90 days | 10/5/2006 | 1 | Osteopenia | Took once-a-month dose and haven't felt myself since. This is third day and felt the "mild flu-like" symptoms all day, including dizziness, no energy, and mental fogginess. I'm concerned about what other symptoms may crop up. Felt just FINE before taking it. | I was reluctant to try this medicine but took it upon the advice of my physician. Should have listened to my inner voice. Never again. Had I found this web site sooner, I never would have tried it. | F | 57 | 3 days | 10/5/2006 | 2 | osteopenia | Took 1st Boniva yesterday morn. after switching from Actonel. About 6 p.m. noticed some abdominal discomfort. It subsided until 4a.m. when I was awakened with horrendous abdominal twinges or cramps. At times like "trapped gas". I was up for the next 2 hrs. trying to deal with the pain. It was more comfortable to walk around than to by laying down. After some indigestion medicine (over the counter) and a couple glasses of water I was finally able to get a couple more hrs. sleep. But all day today have felt like I have a stomach "bug" with some lightheadedness to boot. Will try one more month on this med. If a repeat of mentioned symptoms, will go back to Actonel. | F | 58 | 1 days | 10/6/2006 | 4 | Doctor | No side effects | F | 81 | 3 months | 10/9/2006 | 1 | osteopenia | severe diarrhea, extreme pain in all joints | Exactly 12 hrs. after taking 1 monthly dose, I experienced severe diarrhea. Over the next hour, my joints started to hurt and I became very stiff. By bedtime, 2 hrs. later, the pain was a 20 on a scale of 1-10. I have never had such intense pain. I had to shuffle when I tried to walk. Finally, after 3 days, the pain subsided. My Dr. tells me I had an unusual reaction. After reading these postings, I think not! | F | 63 | 1 times | 10/10/2006 | 1 | Osterporosis | Severe pain in joints and muscles. Sore and stiffness in legs, arms, shoulders. I was to the point of using a walker to get through the house and sometimes unable to get out of bed after taking this medication. | F | 72 | 4 days | 10/16/2006 | 1 | osteo arthritis | horrible horrible back pain,and my feet hurt so bad I can barely walk. I only took one monthly pill and these symptoms set in within 24 hours. | My doctor said the ONLY side effect I might have would be acid reflux or influx. She said nothing about any of these other side effects. I could have written half of these posts about problems that others have had. Will NEVER take it again | F | 45 | 1 times | 10/18/2006 | 1 | osteoporosis | Approximately 1-2 weeks after taking Boniva, I started with severe dyspesia, nausea, fatigue, etc., waking me up from a deep sleep. Symptoms have continued into the 2nd month following 1 pill. I have celiac disease and the symptoms are as severe as they were before going on a gluten free diet. Doctor said it would take 1 month plus 6 weeks to get out of my system....but at the rate I'm going, it will take longer than that. Unless I eat very simple, bland foods, I have severe GI symptoms. I will never take this kind of meds again and wish I had never let my doctor talk me into it! | F | 65 | 1 months | 10/21/2006 | 2 | My Mother felt TERRIBLE while taking this Rx. | My Mother passed away on 10-12-06. Now I don't know if it was this Rx that caused her massive M.I. but I can tell you that she passed all of a sudden at about 3:30P.M. on that night marish day. She had went to Walgreens to pick up her monthly dosage to takeit the next day and felt fine. She got home and ate some soup and laid down. My brother checked on her and she was talking to him. He went to the living area, came back 30 minutes later and she had passed away. What a nightmare it has been, needless to say. We are in shock.Like I said I don't know if it was this drug that caused her to die, thta is the reason I'm on the computer now, is to find side effects to this drug. I am glad I found this site, so maybe this can help someone make a decision to get off of this drug. Be leary of this or any Rx. | F | 79 | 6 months | 10/22/2006 | 1 | osteopenia | I felt pretty good the first 12hrs after taking my first monthly dose. I had a little stomach cramping, but nothing too terrible. BUT, after about 12 hours, I had severe bone pain and my stomach cramping increased. I felt as if I had been beaten with a baseball bat!! Most of the pain is in my legs, hips and shoulder and even my clavicles. I had to take a tylenol pm to get to sleep last night. I hurt so badly that I even cried. I was unable to get up and make my weekly tennis match this morning and I had to call in and take the day off from work. I have called my doctor and said I am not taking this drug again. I have the option of trying the once a week pill, Actonel, but I am not sure I will even try that. I just might increase my calcium and vitamin D. My T-score was not that awful. | F | 54 | 1 days | 10/23/2006 | 1 | osteoporosis | Day 30, the day BEFORE I was to take my 2nd dose, I broke out all over with a rash on my entire back, stomach, thighs, neck, and arms. It is so severe, that I had to see my doctor who told me to stop taking it, and put me on Prednisone and Benadyrl. I dont know when the rash is going to subside, but its still going strong. DONT USE THIS DRUG. IT IS ANOTHER DRUG THAT I SEE GOING TO COURTS EVERYWHERE! | DO NOT USE IT, PLEASE! | 1 times | 10/27/2006 | 1 | Osteopenia | Within 24 hours of taking my first dose of Boniva, I experienced severe back pain and a runny nose (flu like symptoms) and a generalized feeling of "blah". It's been 5 days since I took the medicine and I still feel awful. I feel overwhelmingly sad and cry easily this week (not at all normal for me !) I WILL NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE AGAIN | F | 51 | 1 months | 10/27/2006 | 1 | osteopenia | After the third monthly pill my jaw hurt. It feels like it did when I got my wisdom teeth removed- really painful. Also my fibromyalgia seems worse and thus I am writing because someone else noted this also. I'm not taking any more and will consult my doctor. | F | 57 | 3 months | 10/28/2006 | 2 | borderline osteoporosis | This was the second dose, and symptoms were worse than the first dose. Noticed symptoms 24 hours after taking. Diarhea the next morning. Followed later in morning by severe hip pain and then flu-like symptoms with aching chest and shoulders. I never have hip pain so it must be related to the dosage. I seldom take medication, so maybe I have a low tolerance. | Definitely won't take it again. I feel horrible. | F | 57 | 2 months | 11/2/2006 | 1 | severe osteoporosis | severe stomach cramps uncontrollable chills and shaking nausea headache diahrea feeling sluggish | I will never take another dose of this medicine again boniva is not for me . I also took fosamax and it made me faint within 5 minutes after taking it , I was on forteo for 2 years and I hope to go back on it again | F | 48 | 3 days | 11/2/2006 | 1 | osteoporosis | i woke up the morning after taking boniva with severe chills, fever, horrible pains in my bones that i could barely get out of bed! i was so nauseous and the spasms in my stomach were something i have never experienced. i thought it was a bug and missed work (very rare for me!) as the day progressed I felt worse, i had to stay in bed the whole weekend! my husband then found this page and then figured it has to be the boniva. it was my first dosage and my last! | If it means feeling sick all the time and missing out on life, then i would rather risk my osteo, treat it with exericse and calcium and never take this drug again. I just keep asking myself why the doctor never mentioned how severe these side effects were. Today, again I am home from work and seeing my internist to make sure this is what is causing my sick feeling. Now i worry did i do some permanent damage to myself? It is kind of scary to think that doctors don't even know what the hell they are prescribing to us, the innocents........... i hope all on this board feel better, stay well everyone, and good luck! | F | 53 | 7 days | 11/6/2006 | 1 | osteopenia | First month I had some nausea which was bearable,also felt very fatiqued at times and experienced heavy sweats. Toward the end of the first month I started having severe pains in my left ribs front and back which cut my breath off. Right after taking the second dose I awoke one morning with such severe pain in my left arm and shoulder I could not use it. Still having the pain in my ribs, I was pretty useless. After a day or so this felt better but I started itching on the same arm an shoulder. Found a large red area on my left arm and shoulder with rash that was very uncomfortable. This lasted a week or more. I did not take the third dose and am improving though I still have pain in my ribs when I cough. Noticed bloating and tightness in my clothing. I am trying to decide whether to try it again. Since I had breast cancer in my left breast and radiation in 2005 I wonder if that had anything to do with most all of my pain and reaction being in my left arm and shoulder. | F | 76 | 2 months | 11/7/2006 | 2 | Osteopenia | Stomach bloating and cramps, insomnia, sharp pains in joints, fatigue, chills with flu like symptoms | I took my first Boniva 11-6-06, started experiencing cramps and flu like sysmptoms tuesday night the 7th. I felt horrible and could not sleep. Today is Friday the 10th and I am still experiencing the stomach problems. I WILL NOT take another Boniva.... | F | 51 | 1 times | 11/10/2006 |