BONIVA Reviews (IBANDRONATE SODIUM)Average Rating: 1.3 (1605 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BONIVA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BONIVA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | doctor suggested after bone scan | I still have pains in my legs and arms I had rapid heart beat my heart was beating over 160 beats a minute, I could not catch my breath this happened a few days after I took the Boniva. I had a pain in my breast bone first. Luckily my daughter is a RN and I went to the hospital. The doctors stopped my heart for 30seconds and then it went back to the normal beat It seems every month after I take it something weird happens Last month I had sever neck pain. I took one today. I never thought these were side effects till I read these remarks | F | 60 | 1 years | 12/10/2006 | 2 | osteoporosis | Neck pain, severe shoulder pain, numbness in arms and hands, hot and cold, severe jaw pain, hip pain and knee pain. I never thought it had to do with taking the Boniva. My aunt told me about the website and said that she was concerned. | I took Actenol for 14 months and now the Boniva for 15 months. I thought the pains were from the osteoporosis and a car wreck that I had 2 1/2 years ago. I have had physical therapy and all kinds of blood and nerve tests. Doctors thought I had Lupus and a bad rotator cuff. Tests were negative for those and they decided that I have carpal tunnel. I get worse every month and I was prescribed Naproxen and Yoga for the pain. The pain gets so bad in my shoulder and arm that I can't sleep or carry anything. I wake up sweating and it is not hot flashes. I get very cold at other times and my arm shakes. The numbness and swelling in my hands really bothers me. I have decided to stop taking the Boniva and see if I improve. My last bone scan showed no improvement in my upper body and some in my hips. | F | 47 | 15 days | 12/10/2006 | 1 | OSTEOPINA/OSTEOPOROSIS | PRIOR TO TAKING FOSSAMAX/BONIVA I WAS VERY ACTIVE WORKING 5 DAYS A WEEK AS A WAITRESS HAD A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN, NOW I BARELY CAN DO MY JOB & DRAG IN PAST MY WEEDS& DEAD PLANTS & GO TO BED.I'M 59, USED TO FEEL 30, NOW I'M AT LEAST 99. TOOK FOSSOMAX FOR 7 MONTHS BEGINNING MAY 2005, EXPERIENCED NON SPECIFIC ACHES & PAINS, CALLED DR 3 TIMES & HE IGNORED ME. I TOOK MYSELF OFF FOSSOMAX. I WAS OFF FOSSAMAX 11 MONTHS, FINALLY WITH ACCUPUNCTURE I WAS FELLING OK AGAIN. DELAYED MY ANNUAL EXAM 3MOS. TOLD DR I THINK I HAD AN ALERGIC REACTION TO FOSSOMAX(70 MG) DR SAID TO TAKE BONIVA, ITS ONLY ONCE A MONTH. LITTLE DID I KNOW, BONIVA WAS 150 MG TOOK BONIVA 6AM ON NOV 4, 2006, WOKE UP 4AM NOV 5 WITH MASSIVE HIP & SHOULDER PAIN, COULD NOT EVEN STAND UP!CALLED DR OFFICE & WAS PUT OFF AS MY REACTION BEING NORMAL, FINALLY ON OCT 26 DR SAW ME & I ACCUSED HIM OF POISONING ME, TOLD ME TO TAKE BENEDHYRL, REFUSED TO GIVE ME PAIN MEDS, HAD TO GO TO THE ER, BONIVA DR SAID I MUST H | OVER 2 MONTHS AFTER TAKING A SINGLE DOSE OF BONIVA I'M ABOUT 75% BETTER, I STILL HAVE ROVING PAINS & RASHES, EVERY MORNING IS DIFFERENT. LUCKILY WITH SLEEPING PILLS, I CAN SLEEP AN HOUR OR TWO AT A TIME. AND AS LONG AS I KEEP ON TAKING 6 ULTRUM & 2 PREDNISONE A DAY THE PAIN AND ITCHING ARE KEPT AT BAY I NOW HAVE AN INTERNAL CYST NEXT TO MY SPINE, IS THIS BONIVA RELATED? TO THIS POISON I TOOK , BONIVA. | F | 59 | 1 days | 12/8/2006 | 3 | Osteoporosis | I took my first dose of Boniva exactly as I was supposed to, at 7 AM. That night, I went to sleep and awoke about 3 AM to severe fever and chills. I was shivering intensely and could not catch my breath for a solid hour. For the next three days I had stomach and joint pain, intermittent fever and chills and sweating, and felt light headed. Four days later, I still do not feel 100%--particularly my stomach. | I gave the drug a 3 because I cannot yet make a judgement about it. The first dose was horrible and cost me a day of work. My doctor told me that we'll have to wait and see how the second dose goes. The prospect of osteoporosis is pretty frightening to me, so I will do my best to continue the medication and other than the stomach pain, I have not experienced any bone pain and the joint pain has been akin to the kind of discomfort that accompanies a fever. | F | 54 | 4 days | 12/5/2006 | 2 | osteopenia moderate to severe | neck and back pain | I have taken only 1 dose of Boniva, within 2 days I felt neck pain like I had whiplash, I scheduled a massage, after 2 weeks the pain migrated to my lower back, I scheduled a chiropractor visit. I was afraid to go because I thought I had a fracture in my neck and back from doing nothing to cause one??? I actually was thinking the pain may be caused by the bones improving, so I started looking this up and am finding this is a common side effect. The pain is improving and I am actually thinking about taking my second dose to see if this was all just coincidence with taking the medication, because I really do need treatment and my mother had compression fractures and was in pain that I don't want to have. | F | 45 | 1 months | 12/5/2006 | 1 | osteoporosis | I took Boniva for the first time on Dec 1, 2006. I was looking forward to it as I get bad esophageal effects from Actinel and Fosamax. About 24 hours after taking the first dose I started to get diarrhea. A few hours later I became chilled, and was shaking so badly for several hours I could ot function, despite layers of clothing, about 80 degree room and a down comforter. My fingers and toes became frighteningly numb and I thought I would have to go to the emergency room. | I had limb pain and was so weak I took sleeping pills to knock me out. The following day I am mostly recovered, but will never take Boniva again. It is hard for me to understand that they could get away with marketing a drug with such severe potential side-effects. | M | 54 | 1 months | 12/4/2006 | 2 | osteopenia | No problem the first day. Second day I awoke with pain in lower spine and right hip joint. I have a high tolerance for pain, but this deep bone pain was significant. Today, the third day I again awoke with the spine and hip joint pain, so I took naproxen sodium, and was doing better until about 3 or 4PM. Then I started to get pain in my sternum (breast bone). I was not concerned about it possibly being heart-related because it felt like bone pain rather than tissue pain. | I will definitely discuss these symptoms with my doctor on my follow-up visit in a few weeks. After having read the experiences and comments of others, I will ask my doctor to visit this site before prescribing Boniva to anyone else. I will not take Boniva again, and I seriously doubt I'll take any of the others. My doctor told me the "half-life" of Fosamax is 10 years! He suggested Boniva because he read it is "only" 5! | F | 54 | 3 days | 12/3/2006 | 1 | 54 | | 12/3/2006 | 1 | bone loss | Chest pain, heart palpitations, sore leg bones, headaches, terrible rash that covered my entire body with itchy red sores, that would only go away using Prednisone. Enlarged heart, water retention. | Took 1 monthly dose. | F | 54 | 30 days | 12/3/2006 | 1 | severe osteoporosis | I have written before 1 month ago. I am still having side effects after just 1 pill. Does anyone have terrible pain in the mouth and jaw area from this . | Never never again will I take this pill . My doctor will be trying fortical for me hope it works. Really scared to try after all this. | F | 48 | 1 times | 12/2/2006 | 1 | osteopenia | I had a heart attack resulting from a coronary artery spasm after my second dose of Boniva. The doctors were totally floored. I am so healthy that it made absolutely no sense. They were unable to find any damage or plaque in my arteries in the angiogram. My cholesterol is 120 and my HDL is 75.I also walk 6 miles a day,don't smoke and eat a good diet and am a perfect weight. Low risk for heart attack. My bone density was not that bad,I am so angry that I took the drug. | I found other articles on line and in this blog about others who have had heart attacks or chest pain while taking Boniva.The problem is that I thought I was having indigestion and if I didn't go into the doctor I would never have known that I had a heart attack because the coronary artery in spasm eventually released itself . The blood tests confirmed that I did have a mychardial infraction and I was hospitalized for 4 days. I wonder if any other women experiencing chest pain or digestive problems are possibly having coronary spasms without knowing it. The side effects do say chest pain, but what do they mean by it?. The whole thing is pretty scary. I will never take Boniva again. | F | 54 | 2 months | 12/2/2006 | 1 | osteopenia | Within 12 hours of taking the first Boniva pill, I began experiencing stomach pain which is still present today (second day after taking first dose). I feel very tired as if I am getting sick with the flu and my legs hurt. | I have already made the statement that I will not take another pill. Especially after reading the other comments, I know I won't. | F | 59 | 2 days | 12/2/2006 | 5 | osteoporosis | aches for 2 days after taking medication, subsided. Was on Fosamax then Actonel....Both had worse side effects and it happened once a week. This has been such an easy transistion and less complicated | F | 67 | 1 years | 12/1/2006 | 1 | osteoporosis | I took my first and last Boniva tablet as prescribed by my physician on 11/27/06. I have suffered from severe GI symptoms since day 2 as well as fatigue and insomnia. I would not recommend this drug to my worst enemy! | Stay away from this medication. | F | 53 | 1 months | 12/1/2006 | 1 | Osteopenia | Severe pain in arms, upper back between shoulders, knees, I had chills and abdominal pain. I felt like I had been run over by a truck I hurt so bad. | I had to miss a days work I felt so bad and I will not live like that. I tried it because the Dr. recommended it and I thought once a month would be a good thing, but I won't take it again. | M | 58 | 1 months | 11/30/2006 | 1 | osteopenia | I just took one dose of Boniva on Nov 4th, 2006. I have had a terrible taste in my mouth that will not go away. I had severe abdominal cramps that lasted for four hours. I thought it was food poisioning but after reading about Boniva, I realize this is a side effect. I will not take this med again. | F | 49 | 3 weeks | 11/27/2006 | 1 | Osteoperosis | Two weeks after IV, develope a UTI. Did not respond to treatments. It has been three months and still have pelvic pain. | If there is anyone who has experienced, pelvic pain or bladder pain from this drug. Please email me. | F | 58 | 1 days | 11/27/2006 | 1 | osteopenia | Migraines and severe insomnia | Will go back to Actonel - had no noticeable side effects with that drug. | F | 57 | 60 days | 11/27/2006 | 2 | osteopenia | Started taking Fosamax several years ago. Switched to Boniva because it is once a month. Never really thought that all of my aches and pains could be caused from this but my Mom mentioned to me how bad Fosamax was and now I am wondering. When I first started taking Fos I had severe hip pain to the point of going to a specialist. After xrays etc. couldn't find anything wrong. However, the pain was so severe I couldn't sleep and could hardly walk. After about a year that pain just went away. Then I had elbow pain and figured it was from using the computer. It was also severe. Now that has gone away. For the last 3 months I have had severe neck and shoulder pain to the point that I take 3-4 Advil a day and it still hurts. Now, today I have a pain in my ribcage so I start freaking out. I have been blaming all of this on getting old and maybe that's not it at all. I'm so tired of feeling pain in so many of my joints. After reading this site now I am scared to death. | I think I will go off the Boniva. I already take the calcium and D. If Boniva is what is causing all the aches and pains, I hope they go away after discontinuing. | F | 56 | 9 months | 11/26/2006 | 1 | mild osteoperosis | Flu, aches and pains not experienced before Boniva. Upset digestive system for first 3 days after taking. Joint pain and muscle weakness. | I tried to give the benefit of doubt to this drug. Thought it was just me with a "bug". Since I'd just gotten over a "bug". After reviewing the comments on this site, I think it's the drug and I think the Doctor and I are going to be having a talk about some "non-drug" alternatives. Shame the doctor's are so gung-ho on pharmacuticals instead of something healthier and less risky to the whole body. | F | 54 | 1 times | 11/25/2006 |