RECLAST Reviews (ZOLEDRONIC ACID)

Average Rating: 1.8 (225 Ratings)

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RECLAST  (ZOLEDRONIC ACID):  This medication is used to treat a certain type of bone disease (Paget's disease) that causes abnormal and weak bones. Zoledronic acid is also used to treat bone loss (osteoporosis) in men and in women after menopause. It may also be used to treat or prevent osteoporosis in people who are taking corticosteroid medications (such as prednisone) for long periods. It works by slowing the breakdown of bone and keeping bones strong. It also helps to reduce the risk of broken bones (fractures). This medication belongs to a class of drugs known as bisphosphonates. Another zoledronic acid product is used to treat bone problems that may occur with cancer. The 2 products should not be used together.    (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  supposedly for Osteoporosis Pulmonary Emboli. Atrial Fibrillation. 3rd stage Kidney failure My one and only infusion of Reclast has disrupted my once pain free, relatively peaceful life. The doctor pushed me to have this poison and I caved in to his insistence that I needed it. I've spent more time in the hospital than I care to think about. I later found out that I only had Osteopenia and shouldn't have had this drug in the first place. My life has been altered severely now because of this drug and the greed that brought it to market too swiftly absolutely blows my mind. Please do your homework and don't be pressured to have this drug infused into your body until you know what has been taking place with patients who have been experiencing extremely adverse reactions to it. F 72 1 times
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11/3/2013
 1  low bone density I cancelled my infusion of relcast thanks to all of your comments. I was afraid of the side effects and of the duration of the effects. My doctor is telling me that there is a once a month pill that may fit my needs. I'm so happy I decided against the infusion. thank you F 60
1X O
7/10/2013
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 1  OSTEOPOROSIS I was advised by my OB/GYN that since Actonel and Boniva were not working AND since I suffer from GERD that the RECLAST annual infusion was the PERFECT answer. My 3rd annual infusion was March 2012. I experienced slight flu like symptoms BUT the cummulative effects of this medicine have now taken its toll. I broke 2 bones in my foot in November 2012 and six months later there is ABSOLUTELY NO HEALING OR UNION. I now found out -- Reclast will make your bones more dense but it also stops new bone formation. WOW! this means that the 6 months I have been trying to heal my body is fighting itself. I cannot have surgery because my bones will not heal. I am wearing a bone stimulating machine that costs over $5,000 but the Reclast has stopped my foot from healing. AND the PAIN is intense!!! I have sharp shooting pains in both feet. I couldn't understand why me until I learned that this side effect of Reclast is only being discovered now. An oral surgeon said Reclast is poison and he wished me F 58 3 years
IV 1X O
5/11/2013
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 3  Osteoporosis I've had two Reclast infusions (1 per year, about 1/2 an hour each), and after the first one (even though I did drink more water, and take Advil as instructed), I was blindsided by nasty flu-like (body aches etc.) side effects almost immediately. I was told that might happen, but I still wasn't prepared for how quickly I felt awful! The flu-like symptoms lasted a few days and went away. After the 2nd infusion, I didn't have any side effects. But now that I've read other Reclast user's comments, I'm going to talk to my Dermatologist and Primary Care doctor about my thinning hair & possible connection to using Reclast. I thought it was just part of the aging process.... My bone density scores had pretty much been in free fall mode, in spite of using Boniva for 4 years (both monthly pills and quarterly infusions), so Reclast was the next option offered to me. A Dexa scan done a year after my first Reclast infusion showed that my bone density decline had stopped. I need to have another Dexa Scan in a few months (which will be a year after the 2nd Reclast infusion), so I'll know more then. I'm hoping of course that the Scan will not only show no more bone loss, but also an increase in bone density as promised. F 64 2 years
Infusion 1X O
5/3/2013
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 1  Osteoporosis It has been almost 16 moths and my life changed. My hands are in horrible shape and I feel like I have the flu several days a week. My joints hurt so bad. THe doctor will not say the Reclast did this. The day of the injection my joints started hurting and hasn't stopped. F 60 1 days
1X O
4/30/2013
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 1  osteoporosis This is the third year I have had this infusion. Don't know what the dose was they gave me. Two weeks after the infusion nails thinned and split like never before. Pain in my all my nail beds both hands and feet. Hair brittle thin and splitting. My hairdresser said she couldn't believe the deterioration. Every hair shaft split and breaking. Had trouble last year with nails but this is much much worse. I'm definitely not having it again and wished I'd done more research. Now going to try and sort myself out with some calcium tablets. F 58 3 years
dont know 1X O
4/27/2013
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 1  Osteoporosis After taking four doses of Actonal in Feb. 2013, the side effects left me unable to do some minor house work. The following month, I had the yearly infusion of Reclast.. I still have horrible pain in legs, back ,fingers and feet. Finger feel as if a metal file was harshly used to clean under nail. It was infused slowly and I am trying to stay hydrated, but walking at times is next to impossible. My back , sometimes get hot as if I was using a heating pad. No way to get it out system, so my daily activities may never be the same. I know some people have had no problems..YET. I think of the people who do not use a computer and cannot let it be known about their experience. Please don't just accept it when medical workers tell you they have never heard of complaints other than mild flu symptoms and some brief bone pains. Direct them to this site about all drugs related to Reclast. Then perhaps when people have to go to the ER, they will stop treating us like nut cases when tests show no major abnormalities. The pain is real. Seriously real.... F 60
5mg 1X day
4/11/2013
 1  osteoporosis after an accident horrible, blood nearly crystallized, pain, swollen feet with overgrowth of skin.severe eye infection with oozing blood and pus pockets, severe major organ pain. Unfortunately, the infuser, Andrea E, claimed herself my lover and nurse neither of which is true. I don't know how this medicine would work when infused properly. My nurse said no to this drug as I had not even reached middle age. I cannot recommend this drug to anyone in their 30's for use in repairing broken bones and for use not as intended according to instructions & not for daily use after a car accident. F 28 12 days
1X day
9/28/2012
 1  osteoperosis My wife was healthy and took the IV injection at 5pm Thursday. She was dead 30 hours later of severe renal failure. Renal failure so bad that the funeral director told me we had to have a closed coffin. The renal failure and dehydration were so bad that he was unable to repair her once beautiful face for viewing. Doctor told her to go home and drink water and read the label. He gave her the entire box the drug came in to take home and read. I still have the box and it has no Lot number on it. She drank a gallon of water from 6-10 pm when she went to bed. F 50 1 days
15 1X day
9/23/2012
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 1  osteopenia Severe pain starting about 8 hours after infusion. It started in my spine and ribs, making breathing difficult. Next day I could hardly roll over in bed and had terrible groin pain. It seems to concentrate in areas already affected by arthritis, making it worse. Also had fever of over 100 for a few days. I thought all this was passing one week after treatment but then awoke to severe jaw pain and the feeling that my jaw was unhinged and teeth didn't meet together right. of course my doctor didn't return my call. WILL NEVER HAVE THIS TREATMENT AGAIN! I feel the drug company and doctors gloss over the side effects so you feel safe taking this drug. Now it is a game of wait and see what is going to hit me next. I feel like I'm 80 years old! F 55 14 days
1X O
8/28/2012
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 2  brittle bone disease My daughter has brittle bone disease and after averaging a break once to twice a month and seeing specialist in another state. Reclast infusions are the treatment plan her doctors decided use. She had he first infusion 2 days ago. She is in severe pain and cant stand to bare weight on any of her extemities. She has swelling in her hands, legs and feet. She feels absolutley horrible. I dont know how to help her but am seriously considering not agreeing to her 2nd infusion. Something that is suppose to help her is making her misereable. After looking at several comments i see my daughter at 11 years of age is the youngest up here. Scary F 11 1 times
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8/25/2012
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 1  osteoporosis horrible drug!! This drug has ruined my husband's life. He normally checks everything out but didn't this time! He started having terrible pain the next day after this infusion and it continued. He checked with Dr and was told it had nothing to do with pain. He went to Orthopedic Surgeon and learned differently. We have been told this medicine stays in bones for up to 10 years! Does anyone know of anything to remove it from bones? Some Doctors and most ALL drug companies will do anything to make their money, including ruining people's lives! They should be put out of business! F 62
1X day
8/17/2012
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 1  OSTEOPOROSIS Update, I now have severe muscle spasms in my right arm. My arm is very painful and without warning it will start to spasm. Advil is not helping anymore. F 61
1X day
8/14/2012
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 2   Within 6 hours after receving the infusion treatment, the shortness of breath, bone, mousle and joint pain started. I would not call it flu like symptoms. it was deblilitating. I couldn't even get out of bed. nausia, vomiting accompenied it. I have had many surgeries throughout the years, but this was one of the worse things i hhave ever experienced. That was the first 24 hours. I am on the second day. Back to work, feeling much better. Still have shortness of breath, and body aches. I sure hope it goes away soon. The nurse that gave the IV said to take Tylonol twice a day to prevent body aches. I needed something a lot stronger than that to deal with the pain. They usually give you all the bad side effects before hand, but they sure did not with this one. I don't think I will do it again. F 44
1X day
8/9/2012
 4  osteoporosis first time taking reclast-- overall experience good but within 24 hours i began to feel like i was going to burn up. i felt very hot, nothing could cool me down- symptoms subsided within 48-36 hours, no comlications after that F 44 1 years
1X day
7/5/2012
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 5   Reclast worked wonderfully for me. The first time I took I was told to take Advil for the first 3 days and had very mild flu like symptoms. The 2nd & 3rd times I took I there were no flu like symptoms. Reclast has turned my Dexascan scores from 2.6 to 1.3. I have had no other symptoms from it. F 63
3X O
6/27/2012
 4  fractured hip First year some flu like aches in joints and slight fever three days after infusion, second year no side effects whatsoever. I felt stronger on fractured hip side very soon after infusion. Expensive med that most insurance companies does not cover. I think it worth it. F 64 2 years
1X O
6/27/2012
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 1  osteoporosis My mother-in-law took one dose of Reclast. She was never the same. She was in her 90's but was still active, driving her car and living independently. She slowly lost everything. She became unable to drive, had to use a walker, started loosing her teeth and then utlimately had a compound fracture of her femur. She is now in a nursing home. Thank you Reclast! F 93 1 years
1X AN
6/7/2012
 1  osteo No symptoms the first 24 hours. Day two 101 temp chills aches pains. Woke up in middle of night with fever, dizziness. Went to bathroom and on way back to bed passed out in hall. Woke up in pool of blood from cracked skull. Was still on crutches 6 months out from 9th hip replacement surgery. Did not know where I was or where crutches were. Slipped in puddle of blood when trying to get up (was by myself). Finally made it to bed and passed out again. Woke up with blood all over my PJ top, hallway looked like crime scene with smeared blood on tile floor, bloody palm prints on walls. I am a very active 58-year-old who has been swimming, dancing, running, cycling, Frisbee playing all my life. I still don't have my energy level back at 6 months post Reclast. Was not told to drink water before infusion nor was I asked if I had had dental implant, which I had done 4 months before this infusion. Now my jaw on the side of the implant has been bothering me for some time. More money needed F 58 1 days
1X day
5/20/2012
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 5  osteoporosis None This is maintaining and improving my bone loss. The annual infusion is much better than taking a monthly or weekly pill as it requires no fasting and does not interact with other foods or medications. The infusion itself takes 15 minutes. F 70 3 years
1X O
4/13/2012

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