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Are we overdosing Reclast???

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Oct 23 5:06pm | Replies (88)

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@kay44

I started treating for osteoporosis after breast cancer and took and taking anti-estrogen. I took Fosamax and Reclast.
All Bisphophonates put you at risk for osteonecrosis of the jaw with certain dental procedures as you may know. But once you have intravenous Reclast dental surgeons advise against pulling teeth because of this risk. So when teeth needed pulling or perhaps have an implant I could not do so. One tooth had 5 root canals, so I would not have to pull it, After that the tooth cut off to avoid extraction. Fortunately, it is in the back. I wanted to have some teeth pulled to have implants many years later, but still was advised against that because of the previous Reclast. Read American Dental Association guidelines for how to deal with patients on Bisphosphonates.

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@kay44 Yikes! That sounds awful. I knew it was a problem but this sounds way more extreme than I realized. I guess it's a problem I did not want to have to think about in detail as I had more immediate worries such as my bones thinning at a rapid rate. But once you solve that issue with a drug you're faced with these kind of issues like what the heck do you do when dental problems arise. The general advice is take care of your teeth before starting antiresorptives and of course that's good advice but for many of us doing everything we can to take care of our teeth doesn't completely stop cavities or having teeth that need to be pulled. I don't see a great solution here. Maybe we could explore this in more detail in a discussion devoted to this topic?