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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BONIVA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | bone density | Achy all over, severe left hip pain, bloated stomach, blurred vision, return of my migraines, severe back and left shoulder pain, arthritic-like pain in my hands/fingers | I have been feeling "brutal" for months and never once asscoiated it with my once monthly Boniva tablet - read on line regarding the side effects and I had a "light bulb" moment - I am done with Boniva and hope to soon be back on the floor playing with my grand daughter | F | 53 | 14 months | 10/19/2008 | 4 | Osteopenia | Muscle and bone pain for a week following infusion; flu-like feeling for the first day. Initial weight loss, then slight weight gain. Is this the result of increased bone density? I don't know. | I've had two infusions three months apart. My rheumy is waiting a full year to do a follow-up DEXA scan. I'm feeling a little bit stronger, but maybe it's wishful thinking. I take care to do a lot of weight bearing exercise via walking. Time will tell if this stuff works. I've already had two hip replacements and do not look forward to any more replacement joints. | F | 61 | 6 months | 10/17/2008 | 1 | preventing Osteoporosis | my mom took the first monthly doze of Boniva on Oct 14th and she is having so much pain that makes her cry. she cannot walk or do anything. even sleeping is hard for her. the severe pain is in her upper back and neck but she has pain all over her body. she is feeling like she fell from a mountain and then a truk ran her over. she will not take this med next month for sure. | can anyone tell me how long the side effects will last and other than pain killers, what else might help? [email protected] | F | 63 | 1 times | 10/17/2008 | 1 | Osteopenia | This is a folllow-up to my first entry dated 9/9/08. I still continue with severe stiffness in my neck, with on & off pain in my left lower jaw and lft section of my collar bone. The base of my skull hurts all the time. I occasionally get chest tightness and feel ashmatic. I still feel and walk like someone 20+ years my age. | I have been warning everyone I know to stay away from this drug. | M | 57 | | 10/17/2008 | 1 | Osteopenia | Nauseas, dissness, visions, big stomach pain, a lot of gases. All my medical texts are good and any medicine cal help me, I do not know if one day this is going to be gone, I am trying everything natural, diets, teas, etc. etc. and still does not work, I do not what to do. | I am stubborn I also had the side effect of Lipitor for two years and now I am in the same situation or maybe worst, I think people has to be train to have the remedy for the side effect of the medicines. I do not recommend the both of them. | F | 52 | 4 months | 10/16/2008 | 1 | Osteoporosis | Almost 12 hours to the minute, after taking 1 Boniva (on Sat.), I experienced an immediate need to visit the bathroom. Upon rising I discovered I could barely walk and almost didn't get there in time. For the next 2 days I experienced frequent diarrhea and severe body/joint/muscle/bone pain. On a scale of 1-10 it was off the scale. A visit to the doctor, on Tues., for blood work, revealed nothing abnormal! In my opinion this drug should be pulled off the market. It appears to be more problematic than helpful. | F | 65 | 1 days | 10/15/2008 | 3 | osteopenia | No side effects that I was aware of. I thought it was my arthritis causing my aches and pains. Now that I found this site I wonder if Boniva is the culprit. I have pain in the back of my neck and up into my skull. I have sharp shooting pains in leg muscles. Also sharp pains in my feet and hands. Sometimes shooting pains in my arms and elbows. I also have swelling and pain in my finger joints. I had a hip replacement 4 years ago and feel it gave me my life back. I felt great until about 6 monthes ago when all these pains began. I have the old familiar pain in the hip I had replaced. I feel tired and old much of the time in spite of doing Tai Chi, walking regularly and being an avid gardener.In addition to aches and pains I have had occasional trouble swallowing. I take Norvasc for high blood preassure but that is the only medicine I take. I take no OTC medicine, follow boniva dosing instructions religiously. I see my dr. soon and will discuss this drug. I did not take my Oct. dose and w | Be careful and alert for side affects if you take this drug. It may help many people but is very powerful and therefore may cause many side affects. | F | 70 | 2 times | 10/14/2008 | 1 | Just found out I have osteoporosis | Side effects didn't happen for a few days. Then I started having such excruciating low back pain and neck pain I've ever had. My neck has been stiff. Then yesterdayI got what can only be described as a bad case of the flu....vomiting (lots!) and diarrhea and a migraine headache. I was so sick and tired that I was in bed all day and night. Today I feel a little better...but by no means great. I am still walking around like a 80 year old. And I will probably go back to bed after this e-mail! | To anyone contemplating taking Boniva I would say "NO". I took one dose by mouth and I got these severe side effects. My Dr. never warned me about these, so today sometime he is going to hear from me. And if anyone knows of a group lobbying to remove it...please post for all of us. Sorry to all of you here! | F | 61 | 1 days | 10/14/2008 | 1 | Beginning Osteoporosis | The day after taking my first once monthly Boniva, I had teeth chattering chills, fever, nausea, and achiness similar to the flu. Then came stabbing pain in my bones that actually made me jump. These were sporatic and at random locations throughout my body. I left work thinking I had a virus, went home and immediately to bed. I awoke with violent vomiting that lasted through the night. The next day I could not get out of bed, and missed work for the first time in five years. I could not eat or drink. By day three the symptoms lessened somewhat, but the severe back ache set in and is still present after seven days. My joints ache, especially the knees, making it difficult to get out of a chair. My sternum is sore and I have weakness in my legs. If this drug is a cure, I don't want it! I'll take my chances on a broken bone. This was my first and last Boniva. | It might work for some, but it is definitely NOT FOR ME! I won't take it again. | F | 61 | 1 days | 10/14/2008 | 1 | Osteopenia | About 12 hrs. after taking my 1st and only pill, I started feeling queasy with some gas pains and feeling general malaise. I contributed it to the Mexican food I had eaten 2 hours earlier. During the course of the night I started feeling the flu like symptoms. The next day, my whole body hurt, even the hair on my head hurt. Sounded like the flu to me. But I didn't have a fever or any other symptoms of the flu. By the end of the first day, I had excriciating pain in my neck going up my head. I used some Ben Gay pads but that did not work. I went to bed and woke up exhausted with tightness in my chest and still quite achy. I spent the day on the couch and did not go to work. The next day, the pain subsied somewhat but the exhaustion still existed and it does now, 6 days later. I have been taking Mobic for the past few days to help with the aches and also started taking plain Vitamin D. I hope that this feeling ends soon. | I would definitely think twice about taking this pill. If vit D makes a difference as to the tolerance of this drug, physicians should check the vitamin D level before prescribing this medication. I am going to check out the natural way of treating osteopenia and will take more calcium and vitamin D. Being constipated from the calcium is better than being incapacitated. | F | 60 | 1 times | 10/12/2008 | 2 | osteoporosis | Bloating, swollen legs and ankles, the left one is the worst, recurring migraines, flashing light on right side of eye as I turn at times, stomach, side, back, and left arm and shoulder pains. I'm looking and walking like my 90 year old neighbors. I had not associated the Boniva with the symptoms I have until I thought to go online to check for side effects. I've been on the pill for a year, and just had my first IV yesterday. I came home and collapsed not knowing what was wrong with me. Within hours my left leg and ankle was swelling. This morning both legs look like piano legs, and my stomach looks like I'm four or five months pregnant. I've been fighting the swollen stomach for over a year trying to figure out why I'm so bloated, and why the weight gain of close to 20 lbs in the last four years. This is from the Fosomax and Boniva combined. I suspect that once I can get this out of my system I'll be fine. I had to have Ventral Hernia surgery in April, and now I'm having su | Thank you for this web site. I am calling my Dr. on Monday and letting him know there will be no more Boniva injections. I am too intelligent a woman to ignore the signs now that I have seen what so many others have gone through. | F | 71 | 4 years | 10/11/2008 | 5 | beginning bone loss | I was extremely fortunate in that the first time I took Boniva I had only mild stomach grumbling. I have since taken 10 more monthly pills of the drug and have NO problems whatsoever. Can't even tell I am taking it. I am going for a bone density test in a week or so and look forward to hearing the results. | I think many on this website are the ones that have problems with Boniva and it is very unfortunate as I think a drug that grows bone/prevents bone loss is remarkable. I want others to know there are MANY out there with little to no side effects. | F | 55 | 11 months | 10/10/2008 | 1 | osteopenia | I feel awful! Every joint hurts. I was trying to figure out what I had done then realized it must be from the Boniva. I feel like I have been run over. | I have only taken one pill but that will be the last. | F | 54 | 1 days | 10/9/2008 | 3 | osteporosis | burning sensation in my throat, abdominal pain and diarrhea, arm muscle weakness - 2 days of symptoms after dose | it does the job intended as long as you can deal with the side effects | F | 29 | 2 months | 10/6/2008 | 1 | Osteoporosis | I took Boniva for the 1st time and within 12 hours experienced - Extreme headache, worse than any migraine I've ever experience, nausea, flu like symptoms, chills that rattle your bones, intense pain 9 on a scale of 1-10 in every bone in my body. Could walk, felt like my right foot was broken. My knees wouldn't straighten, could hardy walk. Spent 3 days in bed unable to function. | I cannot belive with all these extreme reactions to this drug on this website, that Doctors are told this type of reaction is extremely rare!! Who are we kidding. I've lost 3 days of my life and on day four can just barely function, and the manufactures are permitted to continue experimenting on unsuspecting women. If I had been informed that these side effects were possible, I would never have taken this drug!! Shame on you Manufacturers and Sellers of Boniva! | F | 54 | 1 days | 10/6/2008 | 1 | Osteopenia | Diarrhea, body aches, feverish on day after taking the pill. The next day, I could not walk. Pain severe in right hip and lower back. | F | 58 | 4 days | 10/5/2008 | 1 | osteopenia | My experience with Boniva was a nightmare!! I received a sample from my OB/GYN and took it as directed. After taking in the morning and having no problems, I began to feel muscle and joint pains while sleeping that night. That next morning I had no energy and my pain continued to worsen. My stomach began to bloat and by that night I was in so much pain that I asked my husband to massage my neck and shoulders for some relief. My hips and spine were tender also. The worse side effect for me was the 3rd night after taking I had the most severe case of insomnia I had ever experienced. I went to bed around 11pm and laid awake until 5am the next morning. THIS MEDICINE IS POISON. | I BELIEVE THIS MEDICATION IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A CAMPAIGN BY THE DRUG COMPANIES TO RUSH A MEDICATION TO MARKET AS A CURE ALL TO ALL BABY BOOMERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING TO INCREASE THEIR LONGEVITY. I BELIEVE THERE IS A NATURAL BONE LOSS WITH AGE AND AN INCREASE IN CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D WILL WORK AS WELL AS ANY OF THE POISONS BEING PUSHED BY ROCHE AND OTHERS. PLEASE BEWARE OF THIS DRUG. | F | 54 | 1 days | 10/5/2008 | 1 | improve bone density | I took my first and only Boniva on 7/1/08. Within a few days I started experiencing the worst muscle and joint pain of my life. Since I take no other medications, there was no explanation other than the Boniva. The drug crippled me; I felt like a 90 year old woman. I was afraid it would never get out of my system, but after 3 months, I feel almost normal again. I am doing weight training to improve bones and taking calcium and vitamin D. I have one residual effect of Boniva, and that is a tender and slightly raised sternum. | F | 55 | 1 days | 10/2/2008 | 1 | Osteoporosis | Severe back ache for over a week. | I stopped taking it after the first dose. I am a healthy 51 who is an avid exerciser, and this just wiped me out. Stopped taking it immediately. | F | 50 | 1 days | 10/2/2008 | 4 | osteopenea | None | Bone density isn't going to improve after just a few monthly doses, so the ratings should an Unknown or Not Yet Determined option. | M | 58 | 4 months | 10/1/2008 |