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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ACTONEL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Osteoporosis | Took Actonel 150mg on 11/30/08 (1x monthly dose). Over next few days, developed severe pain in hands,wrists, thumbs, hips, neck and base of skull.This pain eased over the next few weeks. In mid-Dec.2008, developed intense pain base of spine and across both hips at night - difficulty turning over in bed and getting out of bed. Once up and moving, only felt mild soreness in these areas. No previous back issues. No recent injuries.This condition persisted for 4 months until mid-April,2009 when it stopped as insidiously as it had started. I felt that it must have been bone pain because I did not have any difficulty bending over during the day. | I called Procter and Gamble Drug Company within the first few days after taking Actonel and reported my symptoms. I also contacted my primary physician. More recently I have filed a report with the FDA. I am wondering how long people have experienced side effects after taking this drug just once. Currently,I am having a problem with blurred vision in one eye. Objective testing has provided a dx of macula pucker. Is it at all possible this could be another side effect or just coincidence? I have to be skeptical but............. | F | 62 | 1 days | 5/11/2009 | 2 | osteo in spine and hips | Took the 1st of my weekly dose on may 5th at 8am. The next day about 11am, I had chills, aches all over, sensitive skin to the touch and a bit of nausea. Thought it was the sinus infection I've been battling for over 3 weeks. Got home and fever spiked to 102 then went away by about midnight. Took a pill to sleep and felt better the next day. Today only a bit of nausea and minor fatigue. | I'm terribly worried that this will happen again next tuesday on week #2 dose... hoping my body will get used to it. Otherwise, the cure is worse than the disease and I'll find another way! | F | 56 | 5 days | 5/8/2009 | 1 | Osteoperosis treatment | I took Actonel on May 2. At night I was not able to sleep and make it to work the next day. Monday was a day with flu symtoms like chills, body ache, fatigue, urge to vomit. Then starting Tuesday I had diarrhea until today (Thurday evening) and wonder when it will stop. I have taken Pepto Bismol constantly for the last two days. Before, if I had taken this much, I would be constipated for weeks. I also feel lethargic because I can not eat much and have bouts of stomach pain the last two days. I realized accidentally when I saw my 3-months pack of Actonel and then get confirmation when I found this database as first hit on my search. | I would definitely stop the 1 month and go back to the 1 week which I had been for more than a year with no problem. | F | 51 | 5 days | 5/7/2009 | 1 | osteopenia | I took my first monthly dose on the 1st of May, 2009. Saturday morning woke with chills and nausea. By mid afternoon I had a 102 fever. Thought I had "swine flu". Scared the bejibbas out of me. It's now 2 days since taking actonel and still have flu symptoms without the fever. Diarrhea, nausea, bad taste in mouth, no appetite, lethargic. I've lost 5 lbs since taking this med. | Quality of life is way more important. I'll take my chances with bone loss and investigate alternative measures. | F | 52 | 1 months | 5/4/2009 | 1 | OSTEOPENIA | Flu like symptoms within 24 hours of taking 150 mg monthly dose. Depression. Now over one week and still suffering severe back, ankle, neck pain, muscle spasms, headache, lack of appetite, lethargy. | Will not take this drug again. | F | 57 | 1 days | 5/4/2009 | 1 | osteopenia/osteoporosis | Uncontrollable diarrhea, feverish flu-like pain throughout body, acid reflux, belching, inability to sleep on sides due to hip and shoulder pain, and most scary of all, heart palpitations! | I took one 150 mg Actonel on 12-10-2008 at my rheumatologist's insistence. He claims "Your pain can't be from Actonel - try Boniva IV". NO WAY, NEVER AGAIN! By 12-20-2008 pain was in right hip and I could barely walk. In March 2009, it moved into lower right side of my back. Today, 5-3-2009, IT'S STILL HURTING! I had a colonscopy when diarrhea continued into January 2009 (Diagnosis: Negative), an upper endoscopy (Diagnosis: Mild GERD - "take Prilosec"). Prilosec depletes bone, so I'M NOT TAKING IT, THANK YOU! On 4-29-2009 another Dr. ordered upper quadrant ultrasound to check for gallstones/kidney stones because I now have kidney/bowel function changes (Diagnosis: Negative). How dare the drug companies call chemicals used in laundry detergents, fertilizer and industrial lubricants safe for humans!!! We're their guinea pigs! TAKE THIS JUNK OFF THE MARKET -- NOW!!! My Cures: Diarrhea controlled by eating coconut macaroon cookies daily. Sounds nuts, but it works! Probably coconut is the reason. GERD: Mix 2 to 5 T. organic apple cider vinegar in water and sip during every meal. Takes few weeks to overcome reflux. Bone Loss: Magnesium AND calcium, taken together, with Vitamin D3. Read "User's Guide to Calcium and Magnesium" by Nan Kathryn Fuchs, PhD. Small 82 page book is best, most concise info I've ever read about calcium and magnesium for osteoporosis. Must take more magnesium than calcium. | F | 80 | 1 days | 5/3/2009 | 1 | diagnosed with osteopenia | Took Actonel for six months and experienced a stiff neck the whole time, but didn't even begin to suspect the cause. Then went on vacation and forgot to take Actonel. SURPRISE! My stiff neck was gone!! Have since heard of another woman who had the same problem. It was very unpleasant. Needless to say, I NEVER want to take it again. | F | 60 | 6 months | 4/30/2009 | 1 | Osteopenia | With the monthly dosage, after about 3 hours I experienced nausea, then vomiting like I've never had in my life. As if that weren't enough, diarrhea and all over malaise. This is the first time I've had an adverse reaction to a drug. | I'd rather have broken bones than take this drug. | F | 57 | 1 times | 4/29/2009 | 1 | osteoporosis | Took the first monthly dose and within 12 hours was very, very sick. Symptoms included: fever, SEVERE muscle and joint pain, severe nausea, general flu-like achy feeling, and severe depression. It lasted three days. I seriously contemplated suicide. Then the brain fog cleared, and I was myself once again. I couldn't believe I had felt so desperate. My dr does not believe any of this was due to the actonel, but I do. It was one of the worst periods of my life. Very scary. | I am only 46, but was recently diagnosed with osteopenia and osteoporosis. I will not try actonel again. | F | 46 | 1 days | 4/27/2009 | 2 | Osteopenia | after experiencing no side effects for more than two years on 35 mg weekly, I suddenly have crepdius in the cervical spine and the joints all over my body are cracking. I don't know if this is the Actonel but it is unusual in that this condition appeared suddenly -as if obvernight. It's annoying -not painful but it's also obvious enough that a yoga teacher commented on it | A friend of mine's mother experienced the severe muscle pain after one dose which has not gone away. I am suddenly worried that we are all part of an imadvisable experiment | F | 55 | 2.5 years | 4/25/2009 | 4 | bone loss due to Femara | bone pain . Have taken Atonel now for 4 years. had more problems with the weekly dose but tolerating daily dose without problems | F | 58 | 4 years | 4/24/2009 | 1 | OSTEOPENIA | TOOK THE ONCE A MONTH DRUG ON APRIL 19TH. FELT FINE THAT DAY. THE NEXT DAY MY WHOLE BODY WAS ACHING IN PLACES I WAS NEVER AWARE OF BEFORE. I COULD BARELY MOVE AND ALTHOUGH ONLY 53 FELT AS IF I WERE 80 YEARS OLD. MY CHEST HURT TO THE TOUCH AS IF I HAD CRACKED RIBS, AND MY BACK HURT. MY DOCTOR TOLD ME I WAS POST- MENOPAUSAL, AND I HAVE NOT HAD MY PERIOD IN 11 MONTHS. BUT ON TUESDAY, 2 DAYS AFTER TAKING DRUG I GOT MY PERIOD. I HAVE NOT READ OF THIS HAPPENING TO ANYONE, BUT I THINK IT STRANGE TO HAPPEN AT THIS TIME. TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE. THE MUSCLE ACHES HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BETTER, BUT CHEST STILL HURTS. LAST NIGHT 4 DAYS AFTER TAKING THIS I WOKE UP FEELING LIKE THERE WAS A BURNING HOLE IN MY LOWER STOMACH. MY DOCTOR IS SENDING ME FOR BLOOD WORK AND FEELS THE DRUG HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MY PERIOD (WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF IT DOES OR NOT) AND HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO STOP TAKING THE DRUG. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET THIS OUT OF THE SYSTEM SO I CAN BE NORMAL AGAIN. | JUDGING FROM THIS WEBSITE, I AM NOT ALONE WITH THESE SIDEEFFECTS. DOCTOR SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUL BEFORE PRESCRIBING THIS MEDICINE AND MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS. | F | 53 | 1 days | 4/24/2009 | 3 | Osteopenia/Osteoperosis | My oncologist prescribed the Actonel 35mg weekly following a density scan that showed decreased levels. Gave me 1 month supply of weekly pills. No side effects felt that I can identify with this drug over the Femara I am also taking. I have not really paid attention to it, except some minor pain in my knees when bending down to call the dog. Been breast cancer survivor for 4 years. On Femara for 3. The information in this site may scare me away from this drug! | Seems like most of the negative reports on this site are for those people on the higher doses. Are the weekly doses as effective as the monthly? Seem to be a lot less side effects with the lower dose. This makes me sorry that I have been drinking soda all these years! They are bone depleting it turns out just like the anti-cancer drugs and chemo can be! Bummer! There are several books out there for bone maintenance/building without drugs or hormones. Will have to check them out! | F | 47 | 4 weeks | 4/21/2009 | 1 | osteopenia | Same as most of the other adverse reports: chest pain, hip pain, leg, arm, wrists, shoulders all added almost one more pain area each day from the 1st day I took Monthly dose. It has been 10 days and I can't wait to get it out of my system. I cope with the intense and debilitating pain with Ibuprofin- 12/ day throughout the day so I can at least move. If I wasn't taking this, I'd be creaking around and need a cane it seems. Really bad pain when the ibuprofin wears off. The stomach issues are nothing compared to the body pain! No more for me- just this one dose. Thanks for all the postings and I wish I had read through all this earlier. I just took the meds. my dr. prescribed once my bone density indicated o-penia-- it's genetic. I'll look for something else now! | F | 48 | 10 days | 4/19/2009 | 1 | Osteopenia | I was on Boniva for 2 1/2 years and it didn't change my test results so the doctor put me on Actonel. After 6 months I started feeling severe chest pressure, shortness of breath, back and leg pain, difficulty swallowing, burning sensation in my chest and stomach, dryness in my eyes and my teeth started feeling loose. I went to the doctor and he claimed my symptoms were not caused by the Actonel but by my multivitamins and told me to take a pain killer like Aleve or Motrin and to continue taking the Actonel. He got very mean when I told him I had already stopped taking Actonel and tried to scare me into taking it again(I guess now I know why there are always representatives from the Pharmaceutical companies in his waiting room). It has been 2 weeks since I stopped the Actonel and the bone and back pain have decreased but I still have the burning pain in my chest and stomach. I am currently looking for a new doctor since clearly my current one was trying to kill me by trying to force me | Please stay away from Actonel, it will destroy your life. That "medicine" should be off the market. | F | 39 | 6 months | 4/18/2009 | 1 | Pre Osteoporosis | Took first pill yesterday, at 4 am woke up to vomitting like I've never had before in my life. Lasted until 9 am. Am experiencing the worst leg cramps/pains/spasams. Hurt all over and feel awful. Am a 46 mother of a 4 year old and a 9 year old ~ how long will it take for this to get out of my system and will the symptoms get worse? Should I even bother to go to my doctor? | F | 46 | 1 days | 4/17/2009 | 1 | Osteoporosis | I have taken actonel for 4 months in a row. Each month I've had the same symptoms. No side effects on day 1-3 after taking. Day 4-8, extreme fatique. Unable to accomplish basic daily living. Day 8, I awake with a right temporal headache, that is severe. It is accompanied by severe stomach cramps, diarrhea, and projectile vomiting. I feel like I'm going to die. My mother had chemotherapy, and this seems similar, but with a delayed reaction. The first month I took this, my jaw, spine and big toe ached so much I could not walk for 8 days. The jaw pain lasted month then went away. I feel like the medicine may be doing something positve, as I feel like I'm standing straighter and possibly my hallux rigidus is not getting worse. Joint pains are going away. I wont't take medicine again, because of side effects. I am a 58 yr old female with 11% bone loss and family history of osteoporosis. | F | 58 | 4 months | 4/15/2009 | 4 | Osteopenia/Osteoporosis | I've not noticed any side effects from Actonel, 35 mg weekly, and my bone density has improved. | After breast cancer, chemotherapy and radiation threw me into menopause, my oncologist checked my bone density and prescribed Actonel. Now due to an insurance change, I just received a 3-month supply of generic Fosamax, 70mg weekly, that I do not want. Altho they are the same class of drug, the side effects of Fosamax sound more severe than Actonel from the online research that I've done. | F | 60 | 6 years | 4/14/2009 | 1 | dr. took me off Ogen -cancer causin | took 12 pills in12 weeks...bone and joint pain in all my body. Couldn't get out of bed. Falling when skiing I'm a runner cross country skier. Had strong legs. Very healthy before. Now lost tooth fillings, losing eye sight, pain in legs, tired all all the time, have GERD, used to walk 5 km per day, and bike 40 km twice per week. Worst things coughing all the time, non Worse thing productive cough, tickle in throat, have trouble swallowing. No taste, losing weight. Never been fat. This is a year after I took myself off Actonel. Does this ever leave my system. I just seem to get worse daily. Wasn't really having problems with my bone density. New, young Dr. thought Ogen would give me cancer. I had been on it for 14 years and had no problems (very small dose). No cancer in my family. This coughing is wearing me down. Afraid to go to Dr. now. Don't know what to do. Now not on Ogen - just hope calcium, Vit D. help me. Magnesium seems to go right though my system. What | Now lost toth fillings, losing eyesight, pain in legs, tired all the time, have GERD,used to walk 5kmper day, bike 40 km plus every week Worst thing have a constant,non productive cough, tickle in throat, have troble swallowing,no taste , losing weight. Never been fat. Had the strongest legs, ran, skied. Very healthy before Actonel. This is a year after taking Actonel. Does this POISON ever leave my system? Wasn't really having bone problems, new, young Dr. said Ogen would "Give you CANCER" - I had been on Ogen (1/2 dise fir 14 years - no problems) no cancer in family. All women lived to over 90. This coughing is wearing me down. Afraid to go to Dr. Taking Calcim, VitD, magnesium seems to go through my system. No energy. What to do??? | F | 78 | 12 weeks | 4/13/2009 | 5 | osteoporosis t-score -(minus) 4.8 | no side effect so far | 2 years I was on weekly dose 35mg and now changed to monthly dose- 2 month ago, last DEXA scan showed little improvement in spine, from -4,8 to -4.7 | F | 55 | 2.5 days | 4/11/2009 |