ACTONEL Reviews (RISEDRONATE SODIUM)

Average Rating: 1.4 (1412 Ratings)

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ACTONEL  (RISEDRONATE SODIUM):  Risedronate is used to prevent and treat certain types of bone loss (osteoporosis) in adults. Osteoporosis causes bones to become thinner and break more easily. Your chance of developing osteoporosis increases as you age, after menopause, or if you are taking corticosteroid medications (such as prednisone) for a long time. This medication works by slowing bone loss to help maintain strong bones and reduce the risk of broken bones (fractures). Risedronate belongs to a class of medications called bisphosphonates.   FDA Approval Date: 2008-04-22 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  Preventative Severe off-the-chart inflammatory rheumatoid arthritis which in turn triggered cancer This product should be banned F 1 times
9/6/2018
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 1  Osterporosis Burning throat, like a aspirin bot stuck in throat. Burping,stomach cramping and gassy and the day went on. It is once a month tablet, i’m not going to take this anymore. Just for these two reasons, Dr, did say some pople have side effects of these two things but most people don’t have them HA. I email Dr. tonight and wish I could puke it out of my system but 16 hrs later, probaly would not do any good. If there is something that does not give side effects ok, other wise, I will make myself take calcium, D and excercise. F 65 1 days
150 mg 1X M
9/4/2018
 1  Osteoporosis Severe muscle and joint pain, fatigue, weakness of limbs about 15 hours after each monthly dose for about 2 weeks. This time is the worst as now have pain in left hip and can’t walk. Am going to stop taking this med F 69 3 months
150
8/27/2018
 1  Osteoporosis No problems until the 18th month if taking this once a month .... severe stomach cramps, fainted, then diarrhea and vomiting. Thought it was food poisoning until 6 months later had similar stomach pain and diarrhea so told doctor I am off of this stuff and now after reading about bone health I see I should have never taken this RX The drug makers are pushing this drug on us and the doctors are scaring us into taking these meds telling us that the benefits far outweigh the side effects. Wrong!! F 63 2 years
150mg
8/12/2018
 1  Osteoporosis Took my first dose yesterday morning. By 7 pm I experienced the most horrible joint pains in my legs and arms, headache, nausea, burning pain by breast bone. Extreme chills, muscle spasms with adrenaline rushes with pins and needles. Abdomen pain along with severe gas pains. I have never felt so sick in my life. Called my doctor this morning. She said NOT to take the second (wasn’t planning on it). Unfortunately it is a long lasting medication and the symptoms could last weeks!!! I have no appetite or energy. Cannot even take a sip of water without getting nauseous. I had 1 injection of Prolia a year and a half ago with NO symptoms. Unfortunately Ingot cancer and could not continue. DO NOT TAKE ACTONEL!!!!!!! F 65 1 days
30 1X M
8/1/2018
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 1  Osteoporosis DO NOT TAKE ! I am experiencing Severe joint pain. Rib cage hurts especially when laying flat on my back. Neck pain, shoulder blade pain, my spine hurts Lower back pain, feeling so tired and weak. Weak legs and arms. Weak neck. Dizziness , ears are blocked. I started taking this medicine by mistake with food and realized 3 weeks ago what I was doing. Since taking it on an empty stomach I have been getting worst every week. 3 weeks of pure agony. Unfortunately I took a pill this morning and only afterwards decided to read if perhaps the symptoms I was experiencing were related to actonel. It appears that they are. I am very upset that my doctor did not warn me about these side effects. This stuff is POISON. Do not take it is not worth it. I am now trying to see if I can detoxify my body from this poison. I am looking to get rid of the side effects asap by a natural way. F 57 7 months
35mg 1X W
7/24/2018
 1  Osteoporosis Severe joint pain, heartburn and fever. I feel like I’ve been poisoned. F 61 1 days
150 mg
6/15/2018
 1  Borderline BMD DEXA Test result Actonel acted as a neurotoxin and has damaged my nervous system causing me to have CIDP illness! Apart from the usual initial muscle pains, and flu like symptoms, this medicine has rendered me incapable of walking properly, affected my balance and resulted in severe muscle weakness! Now in the care of a Neurologist, for the last 12 months and undergoing recovery attempts with IVIG. This medicine is poison and should be removed from sale as all Biphosphonates medicines are just too risky to take. Took vitamin D + Calcium and in 12 months improved by 10% and am no longer osteoporotic M 73 10 weeks
150mg 1X M
6/2/2018
 1  Osteoperosis After 7 day’s of this medicine, my entire joints/bones in my body ached so bad, I could barely walk, use my hands/wrist and could not move my neck due to severe pain. I will never try this medicine again. I will stick to my bone vitamins/supplements going forward. It needs to be taken off the market. Doctors prescribing this medicine should warn patients of such severe side effects. F 1 months
150 1X M
5/9/2018
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 1  osteoporosis read these warnings and decided not to take it (Rated it a 1 only b/c I had to enter something.) I was supposed to start this drug tomorrow & decided to try to find out what people thought of it-- & I am so glad I did! Thank you to all who took the time to warn us about your horrible experiences with this drug. I will not take it. F 59 0 days
150 mg 1X M
5/4/2018
 1  Diagnosed w/Osteoporosis Flu like symptoms, heartburn, extreme joint pain, abdominal issues, extreme fatigue F 58 9 months
1X M
1/16/2018
 1  Diagnosed w/Osteoporosis Groin/Hip/Thigh/Knee/Shin and Top of Foot Pain Would not recommend this med. Had severe pain especially a night in my right leg.Find it hard to walk at times with the groin/hip, etc. pain. Went off this med, as of December and will never take again. Should be taken off the market. F 67 3 years
150 mg 1X M
1/14/2018
 1  for Osteoporosis joint pain and after 8 months, severe pain in the ribs and right femur. Was stopped by my endocrinologist. Feeling generally quite unwell. Feeling 100% better without Actonel. Have been doing resistance exercises, plus taking Garden of life raw calcium. My last Bone density test showed 5% improvement in spine and No change in hip so far. F 70 8 months
35 mg 1X W
1/1/2018
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 1  For thinning bones Extreme heel pain!!!!! Up to the hip Tried very hard to ignore effects. F 81 4 weeks
35
11/23/2017
 1  Osteopenea Total pain up spine from lower middle to upper back, No movement and pain excruciating Emergency relieved the pain with Toreadol and kept in motion, after 7 days pain gone and back to my training and weight lifting. Second dose one month later October 17 and full on pain in every joint even when I never had any pain before, jaw pain, diarrhea, headaches, fatigue, heavy limb feeling. Will NOT use this med. Highly toxic. Second dose lasted the same as the first - 7 days. I am highly active and consume 1500 mg of calcium per day with a heavy running, walking and exercise program, I will check my T Score on the bone density in a year and see the improvement through diet and a regular work out schedule as per usual all of my life. A PREVENTION PROGRAM on nutrition and weight bearing and strength training all of your life would be more practical than getting Actonel in as many humans as possible before the patent is issued. Actonel upon further research, was created to be injected into carbon steel rods to prevent the need to replace the carbon steel used in petroleum industry etc. The patent is still pending until 2018, I believe, and then it will be administered to humans. I have found no evidence yet, that Actonel really slows the osteopenea, but I have been prescribed this med only because it is the trend to get the bone density scan and then prescribed this med by rote. The main important fact is OSTEOPOROSIS i s NOT a DISEASE! It happens no matter what. F 60 2 months
1X M
10/27/2017
 1  Osteoporosis Chronic acid reflux which began with dose 5. Have a history of GERD, which has been under control, now it's out of control, whether I am sitting, standing, lying down, 24 hrs of reflux. On med for reflux, stopped actonel. Hoping no permanent damage was done. When all settled will check out Dr recommended ProLia. Not sure how I feel about an injection that lasts 6 months :/ F 56 5 weeks
35 mg
7/22/2017
 1  Osteoporosis One dose... Next day.. Vomiting & diarrhoea, febrile, flu like symptoms, Then developed severe incapacitating muscular spasms in lower back. Please tell me how long this lasts? Now 6 days since taking. F 58 1 days
30
7/6/2017
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 1  osteoporosis stomach pain, joint pain, weakness, burning joints, diarrhea i was so ridiculously sick this week after that one dose i could not believe it -- i'm so thankful for this page -- joint pain? hahahaha -- i thought my joints, which had turned to fresh lava were going to explode -- i have inflammatory arthritis that wakes me up writhing all night as it is -- i don't need risedronate for that -- thank you ladies and gentlemen for these 23 enlightening pages -- and many thanks to the web page peeps -- you're the best F 66 1 days
35 mg 1X W
6/25/2017
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 1  Low bone density Constpation rashes blood in urine intense bone and muscle pain. Kidney cancer after being hospitalised for two weeks with bone and muscle pain. Finally scoliosis. This drug is poison. This drug should be banned. And so should all Bisphonates. F 90 5 years
6/11/2017
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 1  Osteoporosis Stomach pain diarrhoea heartburn plus last eye checkup told I have early signs of cataracts. just wish my doctor had really made me aware of these nasty side effect's as after a short time onthis medication I returned to my doctor and complained of aches and pains but was convinced that the bad out weighed the good this medication would do for my bone denisty. F 55 1 years
5/12/2017

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