Side Effects of Osteoporosis Medications Like Fosamax, Boniva, and Reclast
How rare are the bisphosphonate class of osteoporosis drugs’ devastating side effects, which ironically include bone fractures?
If the drugs work, might the benefits outweigh the risks? See How Well Do Medicines Like Fosamax Work to Treat Osteoporosis? ( ).
This video was originally part of my webinar all about osteoporosis. You can watch that full recording ( ), which includes a great Q&A.
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What about calcium supplements for bone health? See Are Calcium Supplements Safe? ( ) and Are Calcium Supplements Effective? ( ).
And milk? See Is Milk Good for Our Bones? ( ).
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My mother was on Fosamax. Her thigh bone snapped walking up the stairs. She died a week later in hospital.
So very sad for you and your mom
I am so sorry.
Sincere condolences and heartfelt thanks for sharing her story so others might avoid the same fate.
My mother was taking Fosamax many years ago. until I heard the latest of bone loss in jaws…I immediately told her to stop taking it after being on it for a year…..
Well today she’s 96..and lost most of her back teeth😢.
She really didn’t need this medication but her Dr said there was a family history of osteoporosis…
You can’t listen to what doctors tell u without doing research and trying another method…
Today …my Doctor wants to put me on Prolia….😅.she’s got a prayer
..I’m at the gym and built up my bone mass….
So much to Doctors and drug companies!!.
Is there a REAL Doctor in the house???
I’m so sorry for your loss.
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This video was originally part of Dr. Greger’s webinar all about osteoporosis. You can watch that full recording, which includes a great Q&A: https://nutritionfacts.org/webinar/preventing-and-treating-osteoporosis/
Thank you so much <3
For low BMI people, simply adding body weight helps, and weight training to build muscle is a great way for everyone to strengthen bones.
Bisphosphonates disrupt the body’s natural equilibrium of formation and resorption.
Skip gaining weight. Weight bearing exercise is enough. Pushing, pulling, carrying things, calisthenics, rowing, paddling, peddling etc.
Or they can just take D3
And what else is it causing throughout your body? 🤔
I’ve had osteoporosis for years and the doctors always pushed Osteo drugs, starting with Fosamax, then to other classes of drugs. I usually had a negative reaction to them almost immediately, except Forteo, but then that is a daily shot in the stomach, so I stopped that after 8 months. I now refuse any osteo meds, but had gone back on HRT (I’m low risk there and it is only estrogen since I don’t have a uterus or ovaries). My osteoporosis has leveled off and not gotten better or worse for 7 years now, so I am OK with that. I have been a runner for 45 years and plant-based eater, who also supplements with Vit D3 and K2. If that’s not enough, so be it.
There’s a chapter on HRT in How Not To Age. Interesting reading.
i do not consider 1 in a thousand rare