BONIVA Reviews (IBANDRONATE SODIUM)Average Rating: 1.3 (1605 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BONIVA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BONIVA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Ostopenia | Severe knee and feet pain. | I was walking/jogging 3-4 miles every day, then I took Boniva. now, it is difficult to walk. The pain is awful. I WILL NOT take another dose!!!!!!! I called my doctor today, and said I will continue with Calcium and Vitamin D supplements, and that is it. NO more Boniva for me. | F | 58 | 1 days | 1/22/2009 | 1 | osteopenia | could not digest food--had violent vomiting and high fever. now, it has been 2 1/2 years since i stopped taking boniva and my digestive tract is still compromised. also, recently had a spontaneous fracture of distal femur which, i understand, was reported, in march 2008 NEJM, as a side-effect of taking boniva. | i am horrified to think that the fda actually approved this drug. | F | 61 | 6 months | 1/21/2009 | 1 | low bone density | four hours after taking my first and only dose, I was in such sever abdominal pain I could hardly function. I missed work for three days just trying to cope. I am 45 years old moving like a 90 year old woman from fatigue and sever abdominal pain. The pain comes at random and lasts for 1 to 2 minutes leaving me in tears and holding on to my desk just to make it through until it ends. I've placed a call to my Doctor who will tell me that "it isn't the drug" and to take it again next month. She knows me well enough to know that isn't going to happen. It scares me to read comments from others that this may last for an unspecified amount of time. | I can't imagine why any doctor would prescribe this to a patient. It must be some kind of financial incentive that has them pushing this on people. I will never take this again. | F | 45 | 1 times | 1/21/2009 | 1 | Osteopenia | Within 2 months of taking Boniva, I started noticing swollen finger joints accompanied by general joint pain, particularly the fingers and knees. I also suffered chest pains and went to the hospital and am now scheduled for a stress test. I feel terrible and have a general sluggishness. I am always feeling tired and I was a previously active, very healthy feeling adult. | Horrible. Would not recommend this drug to anyone. Sally Fields should be made of aware of this potentially dangerous drug so she can change her position. After my initial problems with my swollen finger joints, a friend suggested it could be the Boniva. I immediately decided not to take any more after 3 months. I am just hoping and praying my finger joint problems and knees will improve when this "crap" gets out of my body. I sure hope this is not irreverseable as my joints are awful now. I'll take my chances with the ostheopenia and a little more calcium and vitamin D. This has really upset and depressed me that I feel so bad after being so healthy all my life. | F | 57 | 3 months | 1/21/2009 | 2 | osteopenia | Two months ago, began having a lot of pain in upper thigh area--front and back--especially when getting up from a chair, in and out of the car, stooping to pick something up. Now having pain in neck, shoulder, arm areas. | TAKING BONIVA 3 YEARS. I'm fairly active--walk several miles 5 times a week--couldn't pinpoint why I've been feeling this achy the last couple of months. After reading comments on this site, I'll stop taking Boniva and have scheduled an appt. with my doctor to see if that's the cause. COULD SOMEONE TELL ME HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN FOR THESE ACHES/PAINS TO GO AWAY? | F | 55 | | 1/20/2009 | 1 | osteopenia | I took one 150mg.pill of Boniva.Dev.frozen shoulder in l.arm in 2006,horrific pain,6 wks.physical therapy,lived on 500mg.Vicodin every 4 hrs.for 7 mo.for pain.Now has come back in r.arm.Has cost me $5000 and I have BC/BS.Boniva is poison.Why doesn't FDA do something? A living nightmare.Into 3 yrs.now of suffering. | I would like to see class action lawsuits against the Roche Co.to get my $5000 back for all the pain/suffering they have caused.They weren't interested in helping me or talking to me when I called.Neither was the Dr.who prescribed the Boniva. | F | 64 | 1 days | 1/18/2009 | 4 | osteoporosis | I have had 3 doses. After 1st had flu-like symptoms for 1 day. The only thing I noticed was pain in my feet the night I take Boniva. Other than that it has been great. By the 3rd dose, didn't notice anything. Looking forward to my bone scan at the end of 1 year. | F | 60 | 3 months | 1/15/2009 | 1 | bone density loss | Am writing about my 21-year-old nephew who is in his 4th day of hospitalization due to what now appears to be a severe reaction to one dose of Boniva (he has bone loss due to a chronic condition). Symptoms: Hip pain at 10 on scale of 1- 10. Can now move without excruiating pain but needs wheelchair to move more than a few feet. First presented with flu-like symptoms, fever, accelerated heartbeat, joint pain primarily in hips that rapidly became unbearable. Docs first thought it was a recurrence of an old staph infection and aspirated hip joint(can't bear to think about how much that hurt under the circumstances). After reading comments on this site, am surprised the Boniva-reaction possibility wasn't raised sooner, but... better late than never. | HELP REQUESTED PLEASE: Does anyone know if there any way to get this drug out of his system or a way to counteract its effects? At this point, he may not be able to back to college for his final semester. | M | 21 | 1 days | 1/15/2009 | 1 | osteoporosis | unrelenting neck/shoulder aches, difficulty turning head, tingling in fingers, initial onset felt like passing a kidney stone. muscle weakness in hands, fingers and back. | I feel stupid having not figured out the relationship before now, I've been to chiropractor, massage therapist, general doctor, urologist, back doctor specialist, mri and many other tests. Missed a lot of sleep, can't get comfortable, need sleeping pills, vicodan and lots of money to manage taking this pill. I can't believe that I went to five doctors who all asked what medications I was taking and none of them suggested that the problem was boniva that was prescribed by the sixth one. I'll take my chances without boniva. does anyone know how long this will take to leave my system? or what can be done to speed up getting rid of it? | M | 58 | 10 months | 1/15/2009 | 5 | osteopenia | I haven't had any side effects. | After reading this website, I prepared for the worst. I, however had zero side effects. | F | 53 | 5 months | 1/14/2009 | 4 | Osteopenia and osteoporosis | No noticable side effects. | My bone denisty improved greatly in one year, but after reading about osteonecrosis, and esophageal cancer I have decided to stop the medication. | F | 53 | 29 months | 1/14/2009 | 3 | osteopenia | joint pain in knees especially. diarrhea. | I wonder how effective Boniva can be if I have diarrhea each day I take it. I did attribute the GI to my celiac disease initially but it became quite clear that the diarrhea was related to the medication. My knees really started bothering me soon after I began the Boniva. At times it was difficult to climb stairs and to drive. I never attributed it to the Boniva but will be more watchful now. | F | 51 | 10 months | 1/14/2009 | 1 | low bone density | This drug almost killed me after taking one pill. Swollen tongue, legs,ankles, feet,chest pain,and pain in entire body plus other side effects. Had to go to hospital for tests. White blood count was way up for weeks. Will never think about taking this again. In bed for weeks after taking one pill! Though I might die. | I don't see how this drug could be on the market. Kathy Julius | F | 64 | | 1/14/2009 | 1 | osteopenia | My primary care doc prescribed Boniva for me in 2005. Over a three year period I experienced the following, which may or may not be attributed to the drug's use: 15lb weight gain, once a very severe muscle pain in both legs that resulted in a hospital emergency visit, and jaw pain that began mildly enough, but three years into the drug's use became severe. I took myself off the drug following my most recent bone scan in November 2008. Scan results were very disappoiting as they indicated little improvement, along with a recommendation I continue with the Boniva. | Not sure what is more disheartening, three years of an expensive drug that most likely caused me more harmthan good, or my doctor's adamance that Boniva did not cause any of the problems I described. | F | 54 | 3 years | 1/13/2009 | 1 | osteopenia | I felt as if I had the flu for exactly 30 days after taking only one Boniva tablet. I was very much incapacitated every day after about 12:00 noon. I had no strength to prepare dinner and had to go to bed for the rest of every day. | The terrible thing about a once a month medication is that once it's in one's system, there is othing one can do about the ill affects! | 1 days | 1/13/2009 | 1 | Osteoperosis | Severe stomach pains that lasted at least 2 weeks. Got much worse with 2nd dose. | I felt as if someone kicked me in the stomach. Wouldn't recommend this product to anyone. | F | 78 | 2 months | 1/12/2009 | 1 | Bone loss | Severe one and joint pain. Upper GI issues | Next I tried actonel. More pain. Fosamax caused damaged to esophogas | F | 59 | 120 days | 1/12/2009 | 1 | osteopenia | I thought about taking this drug for several months. Finally after speaking with my internal medicine doctor and my dentist, I decided it must be ok. First dose taken as prescribed, after 24 hours felt tired. After 36 hours I had severe nausea,vomiting,and the worst diarrhea ever. I don't remember to much about that day. The next day I was able to keep a few sips of liquids down. The nausea continued until day 3 when I then also got pain to both hips. It felt like someone had a knife in my hip twisting it around. Day four is better, but still painful and with nausea. I hope day five is better.. | I am a nurse and I understand about side effects. I think this medicine is not safe and should be taken of the market. | F | 55 | 1 days | 1/12/2009 | 2 | Osteoporosis and osteopenia | Back spasms, burning in my feet, pain in my feet, body aches. Hands swelling, finger pain. | Although my bone scan results showed an increase in bone mass, aches and pains seemed to increase with use. Was on Boniva for almost 2 years after having been taken off of Fosamax because Boniva had a pill you could take once a month instead of weekily. | F | 68 | 2 years | 1/11/2009 | 1 | Osteopenia to Osteoporosis | Nausea, esophageal trouble and continued bone loss to full blown ostoporosis. I fractured my back (compression fracture T-11)because of this. | I was shocked and very upset that inspite of taking the medication my ostopenia continued and went on to full-blown osteoporosis. I have lost almost two inches in height. No one can explain why the Boniva didn't work. | F | 56 | 2.5 years | 1/11/2009 |