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Zometa Infusions — your experience?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jul 13, 2024 | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
Before making this decision please research thoroughly the side effects and how it actually works. There are some discussions in this forum where members talk about side effects. Search for those. Also research ways to strengthen bones without medications. Zometa was recommended to me but I refused and had to sign a document saying so. That was 3 years ago and it is still being recommended! Education ourselves every step of the way is exhausting but absolutely necessary.
Best wishes.
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Many people do Zometa with few side effects other than the initial "acute phase reaction" that happens with the first infusion. It helps to have a longer infusion (one hour), and even IV hydration if oral is hard to do.
My doctor would not prescribe Reclast for me during my cancer treatment with an aromatase inhibitor, due to my afib. The net result was three painful and disabling lumbar spine fractures. These cancer meds cause serious bone loss.
The estrogen loss from aromatase inhibitors causes unavoidable bone loss. Natural approaches are not strong enough, according to my doctor. I certainly tried.
People with side effects tend to post more than those who do not have them. I have had side effects with almost all medications but tend to encourage others to at least try since the consequences for me of not taking Reclast (same drug as Zometa) were so dire.