ACTONEL Reviews (RISEDRONATE SODIUM)Average Rating: 1.4 (1412 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ACTONEL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ACTONEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | ASTIO | LOTS OF PAIN FOR IN LEGS AND FEET HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK DOCTORS DO NOT BELIEVE ME AND THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING. I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE MEDICATION FOR 3 MONTHS BUT I AM STILL IN PAIN. I AM NOT SIXTY YET AND FEEL THAT I NEED TO BE IN A WHEEL CHAIR | ****BAD DO DONT TAKE THIS | F | 59 | 5 months 150 1X M | 3/8/2012 | 1 | Low Bone Density | EXTREME PAIN AND NAUSEA | My husband took one pill and BAM about 4 hours later he felt extreme nausea. About 8 hours later he was in EXTREME pain to the point where he could barely move. 3 days now and the pain is still unbearable. He will not be taking another dose. This medication is bad!!! | M | 43 | 1 days 150 1X M | 2/24/2012 | 5 | Bone loss. | No side effects at all. | Its great that I only have to take a pill once a month. | F | 46 | 4 years 150mg 1X M | 2/7/2012 | 1 | Osteopenia | Within a couple of weeks I experienced bone pain which continued to increase. I stopped taking the drug and I would advise anyone to NOT take this drug. | Bone and muscle pain continued, I saw many Doctors and had many tests no one could find a problem. My only symptoms were bone and muscle pain. After 3 years Doctors decided it must be Fibromyalgia, an autoimmune disease caused by a disturbance in my body. I believe the Actonel caused the disturbance but there is no way to prove this. I am completely healthy except for this condition. | F | 68 | 3 weeks 35mg 1X W | 1/19/2012 | 1 | menopausal osteo in right hip | I haven't had any side effects from the once-a-month pill, but I am very concerned that it may have been the cause of my left hip breaking due to a fall 2 weeks ago that in my opinion should not have been hard enough to cause a fracture, as it was on a carpeted floor. I will not be taking my next dosage, due tomorrow, & will be talking to my doctor when I see her this week to have the surgical staples removed. I am very, very, distrustful of this drug & reading what people have gone through has scared me even more. | F | 59 | 6 months 150mg | 1/14/2012 | 1 | bone loss | Flu like headache, hurt all over, stomach pain, chills, sweats after 1 day. On the 17th day shoulder and arm pain. Can not move shoulder or arm, also hip,back pain and pain in the back of my head. This is 5th day still shoulder and arm pain. | Not good..... Hurt all over | F | 53 | 21 days 150mg 1X M | 1/7/2012 | 3 | I had osteoporosis. | I started to get lumps on my finger joints that would ache. Sometimes the lumps would have a burning sensation. My vision blurred and my muscle aches do slow me down when I first get up. | I don't have osteoporosis anymore using Actonel, but I think it's time for me to find something else due to the side effects. | F | 45 | 2 years 150 mg 1X M | 1/3/2012 | 1 | osteoporosis | severe anxiety, GERD, chest pain, shaking, diarrhea, nausea,chills | Have been taking this drug for 1+ years. Did have the usual muscle aches and pains on second day post dosing. Took my dose on Nov 7, immediately started with chest pain arround my esophagus for a week, then I had a severe anxiety attack on Nov 15. Next day had to go to ER for severe nausea of >6 hrs duration. Was worked up for heart attack, all normal, no heart problems. Sent home, not home more than 1 1/2 hrs and it starts again. Went to the psyciatrist due to the anxiety and she says that it has to have a pysiological basis, because someone doesn't suddenly start having severe anxiety like that. Had more labs and CAT scan of my head, all normal. Symptoms persist even though it has been > 8 weeks since dosing. Started looking up side effects of this drug and then looking at half life and took this info to my doctor and she really feels this is what caused it. It has ruined my life, I am afraid to be alone, afraid of the dark and cannot work. I am a nurse and used to a high stress hospital unit and have never had anxiety issues before! but I cannot even think about taking care of patients while I am like this. I wonder if I'll ever be the same again. It will take >6 months to get the drug out of my system based on the halflife, the dose I was taking and the # of doses I have had. | F | 58 | 1 years 150 1X M | 1/1/2012 | 1 | mild osteoporosis | Very painful feet, especially toes and cuboid joint area. Attacks lasted approx. 4 days then quickly subsided. After 4 attacks, that progressivley became more severe, I quit this drug. I must add that during the 3 months I experience approx. 3 weeks of vertigo. Prior to taking Actonel I never experience any foot problems or vertigo in all of my life. After 25 days from my last dose I am back to normal and have started to use 1200 to 1500 units of calcium/mag. supplement daily. | Maybe this drug helps some people but I feel it was slowly crippling me. | M | 74 | 3 months 150 mg 1X M | 12/23/2011 | 1 | Osteoperosis | I took Actonel at 7:00 am. By 4:00 pm I was throwing up, diarrhea, sever stomach pains & fever!!! My husband rush me to the doctor the next morning! I told him about this poison, he dismissed it said it couldn't be the Actonel! However the pain was so bad he addmitted me to the hospital!!! 4 days in the hospital , mri& ct scan, several super antibiotics and morphine!!! Never could find what was causing it!!! Still have stomach problems!! Losing weight!!! Down to 120. Internist doing a colonoscopy and endoscopy next week trying to find out what is damaged!!! Also had a trip to er with rectail bleeding!!! Thanks Actonel!! | F | 42 | 1 months 150 | 12/17/2011 | 1 | Lower T-score osteopenia | Never again. First ever dose 12/2/11 next day achey, pain on urination, churning stomach for solid week accompanied with massive gas, started with severe right neck pain, then killer lower SI joint pain, major bra-line back pain to where I could not stand up straight or roll into or out of bed without sharp stabbing pain that took my breath away. Pain in upper left chest. Never again will I take a drug without first going to the internet for this type of forum. Thank you from Maryland. | Ban it from the market. | F | 53 | 1 times 150 mg 1X M | 12/15/2011 | 1 | osteoporosis | This is my second posting to update,hoping it will help someone else.(First posting 12-12-10.I strongly believe that actonel caused my leukemia.If you have taken actonel,watch for an elevation in WBC and contact the FDA and Procter & Gamble.According to P & G "s clinical trials leukemia is a rare side effect.Contact them yourself and ask. | Be informed before taking this med. Contact Procter and Gamble and ask for the results of their clinical trials. | F | 53 | 11 months 150 1X M | 12/11/2011 | 1 | my ob-gyn prescribed for bone loss | I didn't know what was happening at first I was sitting when a sharp pain hit me in my side I thought it was my appendix went to the ER they checked it was not the appendix I saw my ob--gyn and she had me to see orthropedic to chedk for hip fracture The pain was so severe I could hardly walk test didn't show fracture at that time My whole body was hurting both sides of my body my groin even my rectum my throat was like I was choking I have shooting pain in my whole body all around in my back arms legs and thighs I had my gallbladder removed doctors thought that was the problem but it wasn't I still have severe pain I have had colonoscopy endoscopy which showed irritation of my throat I was treated but still have the feeling like something is in my throat doctors can't find any cause all test keep coming out negative which is a good thing but I am in such pain 24/7 I am seeing all types of doctors I explained when I started taking Actonel which was about a year ago I stopped taking it | I WOULD NOT RECCOMMEND ANY PERSON TAKE ACTONEL I NOW HAVE A SEVERE ITCHYNESS I AM TAKING MEDICINE FOR THAT NOW BUT IF YOU ARE EVEN THINKING ABOUT TAKING ACTONEL.......DON'T I HAVE HAD EVERY SIDE EFFECT LISTED THE PAIN IS THE WORST NO PAIN MEDS TAKE IT AWAY MY WHOLE BODY IS IN PAIN I AM SO MISERABLE I DON'T KNOW ELSE TO DO | F | 63 | 150mg 1X day | 11/10/2011 | 1 | OSTEOPENEA | THIS IS MY SECOND ENTRY ABOUT ACTONEL. MY FIRST WAS WHEN I STARTED ON ACTONEL ONCE A MONTH AND HAD SO MANY SIDE EFFECTS; FROM DIARRHEA TO FLU- LIKE SYMPTOMS, STOMACH AND AB CRAMPS AND BODY ACHES ALL OVER. I WAS ON ACTONEL 35MG FOR 7 YEARS, STOPPED ME FROM ENTERING THE OSTEOPROSIS PHASE BUT WAS STILL OSTEOPENIC. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I STARTED HAVING THIGH PAINS TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS BECOMING VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO WALK WITHOUT PAINS IN MY LEGS WHERE I FEEL THAT THEY ARE VERY HEAVY TO LIFT OFF THE FLOOR AND MY KNEES ARE BECOMING VERY WEAK AND ARE GIVING WAY WHEN I WALK. I HAD THREE MAJOR FALLS IN THE PAST MONTH AND NOW I AM AFRAID TO GO OUT BY MYSELF IN FEAR OF FALLING DOWN. I HAD ALL KIND OF TESTS AND SO FAR THEY CANNOT SEE WHAT IS WRONG. AT LAST, I GAVE THIS WEB LINK TO MY DOCTOR IN ORDER FOR HER TO SEE THE PAINS REFLECTED ON ALL OF YOU LADIES WHICH ARE COMMON AND CAUSED BY ACTONEL. I HOPE EVERYONE COULD READ THOSE PAGES BEFORE THEY START ON THIS POISON. | LET US DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. NEXT THING THOSE PHARMACEUTICALS WILL ANNOUNCE THAT WE NEED AN ACTONEL SHOT BECAUSE IT IS BECOMING CONTAGIOUS. WAKE UP PEOPLE THEY WANT OUR MONEY. | F | 56 | 7 years 35 1X W | 11/8/2011 | 1 | Osteoporosis | Took 1, once a week Actenol 3 years ago. Had severe enough pain to incapacitate me and was unable to walk or have anyone touch me. I am still having flare ups every few months with today being one of the worst. | F | 54 | 1 days 1 1X day | 10/31/2011 | 1 | osteoporosis | Took on Mon. morn 8:00 a.m. as prescribed. That night was up entire night, achy, hot & cold. Had almost 101 entire Tues. It's Thurs. now & I'm still achy in diff. places & predictably the doc said it's unrelated to the medicine. Well what a coincidence that I was perfectly fine till then!!!!!!!! She said she prescribes it all the time & NEVER had fever as a reaction from actonel!. Well really now! | F | 54 | 1 days 35 mg 1X W | 10/27/2011 | 1 | for osteoporosis | Took at 7AM followed directions; by 8PM that same day started with chills (could not stop shaking). Then aches and pains started: headache that last for days, SEVERE flu like symptoms. Pain in ankles, knees, hips (severe hip pain moving from side to side in bed), diarrhia as bad as doing a colon prep for a colonoscopy, head and neck pain. Three days later could not bend my knees to go up/down steps. Went to dr. who ran bloodwork; showed sed rate, white blood cell count & c reactive protein elevated. Thought there was a bacterial infection, took antibiotic for 5 days, felt a little better but took over 2 weeks to start feeling halfway back to normal | Will NEVER take the pill again. Once and done. Felt like something was attacking my body and there was nothing I could do. Bowel problems for weeks | F | 55 | 1 times 150 mg 1X M | 10/21/2011 | 1 | Horrible horrible horrible dibilitating pain!!! | Hate this drug and would rather break my bones than feel this aweful. I am hoping to help my bones in another way!! | F | 49 | 150 mg 1X M | 10/9/2011 | 1 | osteoporosis | acid reflux | F | 58 | 11 weeks 30mg 1X W | 10/8/2011 | 1 | due to osteoporosis | bad pain in bones especially back and chest, feel very sore and lethargic. Am aware of pain going into my head | I am concerned about lack of energy and pain in bones, am looking forward to these side effects going away. Would be very reluctant to take tablet again next week. | F | 57 | 2 days 35mg 1X W | 9/29/2011 |