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| 1 | Osteo | OH MY GOSH! I've experienced the same symptoms so many of the respondents have. I've been taking Boniva on-and-off five years. Sometimes skipping a couple of months 'just because' I don't like taking drugs constantly, I never once attributed any of these symptoms to Boniva. This week, I've been experiencing terrible jaw pain that radiates up-to-and-into my cheek bone. I have a dentist appointment this afternoon to check for TMJ. All of my teeth ache, hurt; Advil and warm compresses help but not enough. I will definitely tell the dentist about taking Boniva..this could possibility be a definite side effect. Wish I had know about this website sooner...ALSO, my platelet count has been significantly reduced...no one seemed to understand why. Now I know. | I'm not sure taking this drug is worth the side effects. More information should be given to the public ~ let us make the choice, not our doctors or the pharm industry...At this point I definitely would not recommend it to others.. | F | 65 | 5 years 150 1X M | 4/15/2010 | 1 | osteoporosis | Fine for 6 weeks, then chronic diarrhea that Imodium couldn't stop (merely acted as temporary "dam"). Can only eat crackers & tea...any other attempt at food during brief Imodium relief causes URGENT, uncontrollable diarrhea...been 14 days now...am NOT taking 3rd dose due now, but need to know how long acute stomach distress will last??? | I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy!...SaveOurBones site explains that altho Boniva is supposed to pull calcium from bloodstream into weak bones, not effective and actually inhibits bone cells known as osteoclasts which remove old bone to make space for new, so greatly depresses new bone formation, making them old and dried up.... | F | 59 | 2 months 150 mg. 1X M | 4/15/2010 | 1 | Onset of Osteo issues | The first time after taking I suffered excruciating severe joint pain and I thought it was the flu. The following month the same flu like symptons. Never had the flu in prior years. Took medication Sunday and that night I woke up with severe wrist pain. I could not move my wrist or fingers. Went to doctor who shot me up with cortizone in my wrist due to joint inflammation. Currently wearing a brace and still in pain. I excerise eat well and I do everything I am suppose to do to stay healthy. I never had any medical issues concerning joint pain. I sat at home trying to analyze this and it keeps going back to the first time I starting taking this awful drug. Going back to natural way. Eating, excersing, Caltrate, Vitamin D and good old spinach. Not listening to the doctors conerning this medication ever again! | F | 51 | 5 months 150 mg 1X M | 4/15/2010 | 5 | Osteopenia | Not on it long enough to rate one way or the other ... so I'm starting at the top. I started on the 3rd of April 2010 - did it exactly the way the instructions said to - no side effects yet. | F | 49 | 1 months 1X M | 4/14/2010 | 1 | poor bone density test results | severe lower back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, muscle and joint pain in arms and legs, newly developed heel pain and pain on roof of mouth. | After my bone density test showed thinning of my hip bones, I started taking Fosamax (then Fosamax D) w/o any problems. It's been ten years. A recent bone density test showed thinning of the bones in my spine. I thought I should switch to something else after reading about various serious fractures and jaw problems people were developing from Fosamax. My doctor agreed and put me on Boniva. Who ever thought that switching to Boniva would debilitate me like it has. Since taking Boniva, now three months, I went from working out every day for three years to none. Can't sit, can't stand, can't sleep. Had serious migraines the first month but not sure if I can attribute to Boniva. Called my doctor last night and he told me to stop everything! | F | 58 | 3 months 150 1X M | 4/14/2010 | 1 | Osteoporosis | I took Boniva, as directed in the morning. By mid-afternoon, I was fatigued, then had stomach upset with some vomiting. I developed a fever of 101.6, and had chills. I experienced extreme fatigue, and had no appetite for 3 days. | F | 55 | 1 months 150 mg 1X M | 4/14/2010 | 1 | osteoporosis | extreme almost crippling lower back pain set on soon after taking Boniva. Wondering, I searched the internet for possible linkage to the drug and found this site. Also the itchy skin fit my symptoms. | F | 63 | 1 days 1X day | 4/13/2010 | 1 | Osteopenia | The lower back and joint pain is unbearable. I am so glad that I found this site. I was a very healthy active 50 and I now feel like I'm 100. I can't get out of bed in the morning and raise 1 foot off the ground without holding onto something for balance. How long does it take to get this out of my system. I am MISERABLE! I get a little better with movement throughout the day, but whatever benefit is supposedly associated with taking the drug is not worth the horrible joint and back pain I'm dealing with. 3 months ago I was working out at the gym daily. Now, it's a workout just to get up and move around the house. I'm OVER it! | F | 50 | 3 months 30 1X M | 4/8/2010 | 1 | osteoporosis in the forearms | Severe cramping in the calves and thighs at night (so very painful, I'd nearly pass out from the excrutiating cramping)--When this began, my doctor suggested I drink 5-8oz of tonic water with quinine each night before going to bed--I did this religiously for three years--whenever I occasionally ran out of tonic water or forgot to drink it for more than two nights, the severe cramping would occur again. Last June, I changed from the once monthly Boniva to the once weekly Fosamax (to save money--the Boniva was costing me $65 per month copay versus $10 copay with Fosamax--the almost $600 annual cost savings in going to Fosamax was worth the inconvenience of having to take the Fosamax once a week rather than the once-a-month Boniva). In July, while on vacation, I had not packed tonic water -- so, for ten nights I'd experienced no cramping. Since this time,x, I'm not drinking tonic water in the evenings and no longer have those SEVERE LEG CRAMPS THAT WERE SO PAINFUL I'D ALMOST PASS OUT F | M | 61 | 3 years 1X M | 4/8/2010 | 1 | I have been diagnosed w/Osteopenia | I have had no side effects! Know why? I have not taken any Boniva, nor will I, after reading this website and all the negative comments. In fact, my doctor's office has called in the prescription but I will not pick it up. I will talk to my doctor and tell him I refuse to take it, and there must be a lower strength daily med I can take. I'm not doing this!I'm so glad I Googled this medicine and found this website! I will do like one lady said she is doing. I will continue to chase my grandchildren and pick them up, work out when I can and take my Evista and calcium + vitamin D! Thank you!! | F | 60 | 0 days 1X M | 4/6/2010 | 1 | osteoporosis | Pain. muscle cramps lower extremities, swelling lower legs and joint pain possibly due to the Boniva. | The other side effects mentioned by other patients are stunning.I had joint pain prior to taking Boniva, and will have to just use the older remedies.It is horrendously expensive and I cannot afford it even if it were half price. | F | 63 | 1 months 150 1X M | 4/6/2010 | 1 | osteopenia | my low back feels better but I experience burning feeling on my chest area now & then. Have developed plantar fascitis and shoulder pain, hip pain. | F | 51 | 5 months 150 mg 1X M | 4/5/2010 | 1 | osteopenia | severe aches in wrists, ankles, spine, hips feel like they are dislocating. Thought it was arthritis but it came on so fast, then I realized it started the day after my once a month dose. How long before it is out of my system. Started collegen and gluo/chondrotin pills for my joints but I want this ACID gone | F | 57 | 7 days 150mg 1X M | 4/1/2010 | 1 | osteoporosis | I began on Monday, felt fine, next morning felt body aching--muscles, joints, bones, a low grade temp. and abdominal pain. No appetite. It's now Thurs. evening, called my Dr., she's on vacation. The pain is continuous. Don't know what to do. Asked a pharmacist who said that a negative reaction happens in 1 out of a million people. I started thinking that maybe I'm a hypochondriac or it's psychosomatic--until I went on line where I came across this site with others experiencing same or worse symptoms. My husband also read the quotes. He advised me to stop the Boniva. | I was originally supposed to take the injectable 3-month Boniva because I have GERD and Dr. said the medication would not go directly thru my esphogus or stomach. This was supposed to decrease any further pain to my stomach. But there was a lot of confusion when ordering on line, it arrived in tablet form so I just took it. I wonder if by taking the injectable form my symptoms would not have manifested. | F | 53 | 4 days 150 MG 1X M | 4/1/2010 | 1 | To avoid osteoporosis | This was the first and last time I will EVER take this poison. I am never sick and so as soon as this happened i looked up info on the internet and found this website. I was so debilitated with bone pain, especially at the base of my spine. I also had severe muscle aches. I work out and have never felt this bad. Never again will I take this drug. Hey, if all our ancestors before us survived bone loss and didn't take Boniva then, well heck, I guess I'll go the same route. Never again, once was enough. I still feel lousy 4 days later. I'll take my chances without Boniva. | This is going to be another drug that the law firms will be going after for sure!! Everyone needs to keep their proof of how long they were on this drug. Roche pharmaceuticals deserve to be sued for billions of dollars. And, my brother-in-law said he wouldn't reccomend Boniva to his patients for good reason, AND he's a Doctor! | F | 53 | 1 days 150 mg 1X M | 3/31/2010 | 1 | osteopenia | The first day I had a severe migraine. Days 1-4 I experienced severe itchy skin. I had a non-invasive (root sealant) procedure-then experienced severe spasms in jaw and face. I am now experiencing severe muscle leg pain, left wrist & foot pain.I definitely will not take this drug again! | Doctors need to be educated better about this drug's side effects. My doctor & staff didn't seem to know really all the answers to my questions I had. I also really feel like the drug companies guinea pig. | F | 54 | 1 days 150 mg 1X M | 3/31/2010 | 1 | osteoporosis | Horrible heart burn and pain in arms wrist and thumbs. | I feel the awful pain I felt was from boniva, My husband died and I passed all the problems with my body were from grief...How wrong I was... | F | 67 | 5 years 1X M | 3/31/2010 | 1 | Osteopenia | Stomach Pain, Headache, Diareaha, Muscle and Bone pain | Wow what an awful experience. I will never, ever take Boniva again. I am a cancer survivor and I felt like I was going through Cemo again. I was so sick I actually had to miss work. I took it on Sunday morning and did not feel OK until late Monday evening. I am still feeling pain in my knees and back. Never, ever again will I take Boniva. | F | 60 | 1 months 150 MG 1X M | 3/31/2010 | 1 | osteopenia | i'm a very healthy active female. workout 5-7days a week with no pain no aches. shortly after i started taking boniva i noticed that my finger joints looked distorted. it scared me. my knuckles were swollen and now the bones are protruding. at first i thought i had arthiritis. i couldn't open my hands nor bend my fingers. a few days later in the middle of the night i started having extreme pain shooting in both my arms. it was so excruciating i cried. the pain was so deep inside. i could not lift my arms without pain and i was losing strength in my hands.. my doctor decided to do an mri on my neck. they found fluid in my spinal cord.(sphyrinx)we do not know where it came from. since then the pain has now moved to my left leg. when i wake in the morning i can hardly move. after i stand from sitting a while, pain shoots through my upper thigh.my eyes are burning and blurred. i was referred to UAB in Birmingham for further treatment. i started thinking back to when all this pain started | DO NOT TAKE IT! | F | 45 | 6 months 150 1X day | 3/26/2010 | 1 | OSTEOPOROSIS | TOOK BONIVA ONCE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS TO THE T. AFTER ABOUT 8 HOURS I STARTED HAVING A TIGHTNESS IN MY CHEST, DIFFICULTY INHALING BECAUSE OF RIB PAIN, PAIN MOVED TO SHOULDER AND I COULD NOT LIFT UP MY RIGHT ARM, WHEN THE PAIN WENT TO MY BACK I WAS READY TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY I WAS SO SCARED. DECIDED TO TAKE AN ALEVE WHICH HELPED. BONE PAIN CONTINUES FOR THREE WEEKS OFF AND ON WITH THE SENSATION OF SOMEONE STICKING NEEDLES INTO MY BONES. INDIGESTION FOR MONTHS AFTER TAKING ONE DOSE. THIS DRUG IS POISON AND I WOULDN'T SUGGEST ANYONE TAKING IT. IT SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE MARKET. | F | 58 | 1 days 30 MG 1X day | 3/25/2010 |