Side Effects of Osteoporosis Medications Like Fosamax, Boniva, and Reclast

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@NutritionFactsOrg 9 ай бұрын

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: nutritionfacts.org/webinar/preventing-and-treating-osteoporosis/

@mad8298 9 ай бұрын

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.

@lint8391 9 ай бұрын

There's a chapter on HRT in How Not To Age. Interesting reading.

@ash231 9 ай бұрын

My stepmother took Boniva for only 11 months and a couple years later suffered an atypical femur fracture upon twisting her leg simply walking through her yard. The doctors at Duke all agreed it looked exactly like the type of atypical fracture seen with Boniva. It was the first fracture she ever had. I believe she would have been better off never taking the medication. I'll take my chances.

@catlyn777 7 ай бұрын

I’m glad I found this information. My doctor wasn’t happy but I educated him. It’s not worth it to me. I’m vegan and wfpb, eat healthy foods, and exercise.

@cosimavonliebenau8317 9 ай бұрын

My mother was on Fosamax. Her thigh bone snapped walking up the stairs. She died a week later in hospital.

@judyfrederick2486 9 ай бұрын

So very sad for you and your mom

@tamcon72 9 ай бұрын

I am so sorry.

@BlakeLinton 9 ай бұрын

Sincere condolences and heartfelt thanks for sharing her story so others might avoid the same fate.

@deborahhagner5508 9 ай бұрын

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???

@kathleenjohnson4198 9 ай бұрын

I’m so sorry for your loss.

@nicoleliotti7421 7 ай бұрын

My grandmother passed away years ago from side effects of Fosamax. Kidney failure and Lymphoma. She was told if she exercised, took a multivitamin, and lost some weight she would not need this medication. This was recommended by also a Dr . Within less than 2 years of this medication she passed away at a local hospice.

@eileenmiller4668 4 ай бұрын

I took Boniva and it caused me to have thickening of the esophagus. Had my throat stretched 6 times already

@aroundandround 9 ай бұрын

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.

@murraybrockway6540 9 ай бұрын

Skip gaining weight. Weight bearing exercise is enough. Pushing, pulling, carrying things, calisthenics, rowing, paddling, peddling etc.

@yourcelebrant 9 ай бұрын

Those exercises that add muscle will by their nature be adding weight. More lean muscle, better fat metabolism.

@nazokashii 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much

@yuppers1 9 ай бұрын

My mom got an intracellular nutrition CMA test and it turned out her issue was multiple mineral deficiencies. She eats really well and also juices, but we're thinking she has genetic SNPs that make her require more strontium, vanadium etc. She's taking a trace mineral (Pure Encapsulations) supplement and a strontium supplement now.

@marlinegamble1584 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this information.

@connorrousseau9972 7 ай бұрын

this is what i needed to hear. while osteoporosis is mainly common in women, men cna get it to. i have it. im young to have it only 27 years old, today my endo talked to me about starting Fosamx, but told me there were risks like a jaw diseases, dental issues, can make my chronic gerd worse, told me he a bit iffy to give it to me today but said i need to think and learn up on the med for a little bit and see if i want to take the risk then at next appoint in month or two i have to give him an answer. hearing these side effects in the video worries me a bit even if some things are rare or not. treatment dosent sound good. if its considered rare and theres so many side effects that could happen, would u really risk it? or live with the diseases and no treatment?

@magpiegirl3783 9 күн бұрын

At 27 years of age, I'd be wanting to find out the cause of the bone loss before taking any meds. That should not be happening unless your osteo is secondary because of something else. It is the "something else" that needs to be addressed especially as you cannot stay on these drugs for the duration of your life.

@connorrousseau9972 7 күн бұрын

@ we know a lot of the issues and causes im dealing with. A lot are genetic issues I was born with body missing sertin things it needs I was born without cant fix, I’m very fragile, my bones are, and I’ve been on meds now for a while since my first comment here, It’s a 5 year treatment and then we go from there. I’m 28 now. Yes young for op but it can happen with what I’m dealing with.

@luzkarim1834 4 ай бұрын

Please let us know what remedy to take especially if someone has bone loss the worst in the spine ! Please advise

@frostar701 9 ай бұрын

i do not consider 1 in a thousand rare

@marysueeasteregg 4 ай бұрын

Ten million people in the U.S. have osteoporosis; many more have osteopenia. 1 out of 1000 of ten million is 10,000. (Obviously, not everyone takes Fosomax, but it is the most common entry level for the condition, and its related drugs also cause the jaw necrosis.) In the Europe, a rare disease is defined as one that affects less than 1 in 2,000 people.

@usenlim4379 4 ай бұрын

I have watched this video in 2024 August 17th (Just to remind my future self).

@AndrewPawley11 9 ай бұрын

I love this channel!

@youganon 9 ай бұрын

Or they can just take D3

@RBzee112 3 ай бұрын

and K2

@benmalek94 9 ай бұрын

❤

@jillcummings8810 9 ай бұрын

And what else is it causing throughout your body? 🤔

@proudchristian77 5 ай бұрын

No matter what , when u get older , your bones become noticeable, if u add an extra 50 +"pounds they going to hurt more ! Y u stay skinny if u can ! 💝🚴

@clementine77 2 ай бұрын

@@proudchristian77 , agreed... I went back to my original weight from college and now my arthritic joints don't hurt anymore. I had a bike accident a few months ago and took a hard hit to the pavement, thankfully, I came out of it eith a concussion and contusions, but no broken bones or teeth. I believe it's because I lost all that weight and my body bounced instead of broke.

@magpiegirl3783 9 күн бұрын

Light framed women are more susceptible to osteoporosis.

@clementine77 8 күн бұрын

@magpiegirl3783 I have very thin bones, and I've been diagnosed with osteoporosis since I was 48. I refuse to take any pharmaceuticals for it, because that silly bone density scanner bases my density on a regular boned 30 year old women. I eat very well and stay active and that's my treatment for my "osteoporosis "