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  minor bone density loss I took my first monthly Actonel dose yesterday morning. Had a perfectly normal day until around 8pm and began to feel achy and feverish. 24 hours later I'm still on the couch with the pain and discomfort. Took extra strength Tylenol to get through last night, but couldn't stop moaning from the pain and still had trouble getting comfortable. I've been taking Aleve every three-four hours today, but when it wears off the pain is just as bad as last night. Also have had sharp pains in my toes, pain when taking a deep breath and shortness of breath. Felt very dehydrated as well. My doctor had told me that the Actonel might actually alleviate some minor bone pain I'd been having! In my estimation, Actonel is not worth taking when there are vitamin therapies (i.e. Calcium plus D3) available that are much safer. F 58 1 days
8/13/2008
 1  osteopenia My doctor gave me a sample to try. I took it as directed, and that night I woke with a terrible headache. The next day, two of my fingers were very swollen and hurt constantly. Now, three days later, two fingers and a thumb ache constantly, and are inflamed. I have never experienced anything like this before. I have also experienced heart palpitations. Not even icing the fingers relieves the pain. I will never take this drug again! F 66 3 days
8/12/2008
 5  Osteoporosis NONE! I have had no problems with this drug, I make sure I take it properly as directed. My Dr said that 1 in 4 people that have a hip fracture die within 12 months- I don't want to end up in a nursing home and I don't want another fracture. F 62 2 years
8/10/2008
 2  osteopenia Tingling in both legs that won't go away--day or night Was taking Boniva without problems. Bone density showed improvement over the past 3 years. Doctor switched me to Actonel because research indicated better results. I'm switching back to Boniva. F 61 3 months
8/10/2008
 1  Osteopenia Lump in throat, joint pain, jaw pain, exhaustion and fatique. I was started on Actonel following a diagnosis of Celiac Disease. A dexa scan showed mild osteopenia. My gastroenterologist and GP both agreed that Actonel would be beneficial because I'm pre-menopausal they felt I had a good chance of building up my bones before menopause. Unfortunately just as I began to feel like a person again, after two years of misdiagnosis for Celiac Disease, I've starting feeling bad each week. I was beginning to think that I had inadvertantly ingested gluten. But my antibody tests came back on Thursday indicating I haven't had gluten. Today after my weekly dose I started feeling bad and started looking up more information on Actonel. I'm done. I'll stick with the calcium, vitamin D, soy milk and exercise. F 42 5 months
8/10/2008
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 5   First time I took it, gave me stomach ache, but I had reflux at the time and chronic gastritis My doctor gave prilosec and it stopped. My left hip was at risk on the red side and my back S1L-5 and 4 were herniated from falls. I have reumatoid artritis and have astma for which I got cortisone. Cortisone is the worst medicine for bones on artritic persons it deteriorates the bone loss more. I started a diet and excersise plan using Tai Chi and pilates(low impact exercices) the astma stopped , so I stopprd using cortisone, my stomach was better without Prelone and the actonel started doing its work. I had a lot of pain on my back and joints but that is the pain you get from artritis not actonel, I did a lot of research myself about the drug and found nothing bad with it, just that people get anxious when taking something new and anything they feel they blame it on the new stuff. I had the actonel for one year and a half and the results on my bone scans were marvelous, my back went to norm If you take the pill and sit to feel yourself for any kind of symptom you are going to get it because you read all the crap here and you beleived it. Hoe come I do not get any of those symptoms? My artritis is really bad.Ever since I started practicing Tai Chi after six months the pain was gone.No more pills or drugs or ibuprofen, nothing. But my bones still need the actonel I have seen the results and my bones are much better I forgot to say I also have hypotiroidism, this one did not make fat (the actonel). F 56 2 years
8/6/2008
 1  very minor bone denisty loss If ONLY I had read this website before I took my first pill. I just turned 61 and I was given the 150mg dose to try after I had taken one Boniva and everienced relavtively minor lower back pain for about a day and a half. That was a cake walk. This is unbelievable! Took actonel carefully following the directions two mornings ago. Felt great all day. About 9pm I noticed that my lower back was starting to hurt. Awoke at 3am aching all over-my back, my neck, my ribs, my left thumb. Took an ibuprofen and tossed the rest of the night trying to find a comfortable position. Awoke in worse pain. Spent the day in and out of bed, on the couch, tried walking around a lot to relieve the pain. Nothing worked and I did not go to work. Last night I took an Alieve. Made me sleep better till about 4am. I am taking a new approach today. It was all I could do to shower, shave my legs but I did. And, I am going to put on makeup and truly try to make a very important 1:00 appointment. My upp I am calling my doctor right now and insisting that she read every entry on this website, She gave me two samples of this drug. I am going to give her back the second one and suggest very strongly that she take it or make the damn drug rep who touted it to her to swallow it. I will hold that drug rep's mouth open. F 61 1 days
8/1/2008
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 1  Bone scan indicated some osteoporos Terrible pain in ankles, knees, arms, legs, shoulders, etc.. I could hardly walk. I stopped taking it ten days ago and most of the pain is gone and I feel so much better. Will never take any of the osteoporosis drugs again--will take calcium pills, milk, yogurt, cheese, etc. Originally started Actonel one and a half years ago--spliting headache day one and disorientation. Developed Polymyalgia rheumatica. Doctor stopped Actonel. Sixteen months later back on Actonel with the above results. That's the end of it for me. Bad stuff. F 78 14 weeks
7/30/2008
 3  osteoporosis hair loss, pain and swelling, especially hands, diarrhea and constipation, flu-like illness and have fainted while so ill Have you had significant hair loss on this product? I am quite sure it is this product. I would like to read if others have. F 54 6 months
7/26/2008
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 1  osteopinia Fever, chills, headache- my entire body hurt. Joints in hands, particularly thumbs swelled. Throat felt lilke it swelled on the inside for first two days after taking one monthly dose. Will not take this again. F 47 1 times
7/22/2008
 1  post-menopausal osteopinea Muscle and joint pain throughout body (hands, hips, back neck) especially thru night and upon getting up; leg cramps; frozen shoulder. Low white blood cell count...tests show nothing wrong. Have linked symptoms to Actonel only after reading others' comments and reflecting on when symptoms began. Actonel is the only prescription drug I take. I thought it was the "aging process"! Feel like an OLD WOMAN in the morning. Had to give up early morning walking and activity just to get my body started. For past 8 months have been working to correct a frozen shoulder. I will stop taking Actonel and see if symptoms improve and WBC improves. F 61 16 months
7/22/2008
 2  osteoporosis One day I had a muscle spasm and tightening in my upper back that was so debilitating that I thought I was having a heart attack. It lasted about 30 seconds during which time I considered calling 911. However, since I have low blood pressure and had a recent checkup, I waited. When the pain finally subsided, I felt like I had strained myself at the gym. My back muscles were extremely sore for several days. My neck and shoulder muscles had been bothering me for several weeks, while my hip had also been sore. I recalled that joint and muscle pain were side effects of Actonel and called the office of my rheumatologist. I was told to discontinue the medicine for 3 months. It has only been a few weeks, and my neck pain is easing. I was told to do exercises to ward of osteoporosis, but my joints were always too sore to do very much. I'm hoping that as time passes, I will start feeling better. I've also gained a lot of weight on the medication, but it could be that I haven't been ex I was on Fosomax for awhile, but ended up with swallowing problems. As a result, my doctor switched me to Actonel saying that it was easier to tolerate. I was always particularly careful to follow the directions, even allowing more time before eating in order to reduce the side effects. F 59 3 years
7/19/2008
 3  For calcium in the bones So far I have experienced no side effects Recently I have developed sever pain in my left leg. It travels from my thighs all the way down to the ankle M
7/17/2008
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 1  MD said I might break a hip. If I had back pain on the first dose I guess I attributed to something else. My second dose -- I thought I had fractured my hip. I could hardly move for the pain. I searched my memory for what I could have done to fracture my hip. I awoke one night remembering I had taken Actonel. I found the slip that came with it and read that it could cause sever pain. Ah Ha! I drank a lot of water and by the end of the week I felt no hip pain. It was awful. A terrible thing to do to a person. Never again!!!!!!!!! F 88 7 days
7/17/2008
 1  Osteoprosis This medicine has terrible side effect that I couldn't stand. I had 102 F fever and severe joint, body pain on the next day after I took it. I felt that this medicine was killing me. I couldn't go to work for a couple of days. I don't know how this medicine got approved by the FDA since it has such worst side effects that the human being can't tolerance to it. I hope that this medicine will be pulled soon so that other people will not experience the terrible side effects. F 51 1 days
7/14/2008
 4  prevent bone loss from Femara 23 months on Actonel Weekly. 1st year had some occasional joint pain (knees). That has gone away. Attibute insomnia on the night I take it to Actonel. I have been rebuilding from chemo & radition (20060. This July 4th I worked 6 straight hours both Fri. & Sat. doing yard and garden work. First time for that much since chemo. I'm feeling back to normal so I don't think it has any long term affects for me. F 54 23 months
7/11/2008
 4  osteoporosis The first doses were very painful, (joints burned, fingernails lifted, but I continued to take it for a year. My test results are MUCH improved. I don't like it, but will take it. M 52 1 years
7/6/2008
 1  spinal bone loss from cancer meds Since starting this 35mg weekly dose of Actonel last October, I have experienced chronic chest and rib pain, back, knuckle, toe and head pain, as well as sore right breast and neck. My tailbone is so sore I can barely sit and have to lean to the side. Sleepless nights and shoulder, neck, head pain all night. Intermittent significant blurry vision, stabbing abdomenal pains, kidney and liver area pain, dry, itchy skin and heart palpitations. I am a recent cancer survivor and all this pain has had me plenty worried... I have been terribly worried that the disease was back and had spread. I have taken my last Actonel. Why would a doctor prescribe such a medication and provide no follow up? Shameful. F 52 8 months
7/6/2008
 1  Osteopenia Digestion problems, gas and esophagus problems that I never had before this medicine and most recently jaw pain! I've had 3 bone scans while on Actonel and the last was the worst which shows this medicine has not helped at all. In fact it has made my hips worse! F 54 3 years
7/5/2008
 3  osteoporosis stomach upset, achiness, generally not feeling well when taken, trouble swallowing at times, very tired all the time.And weight gain I never had before. I have gone from osteoporosis to osteopena in 2 years. But after reading all the reviews I am not sure I am doing the right thing taking Actenol. I am 55 and post menopausal F 55 2 days
7/4/2008

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