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I took Alendronate for 9 weeks when I started to feel soreness & stiffness in my joints & muscles. A week or two before this I had painted 2 bathrooms & blamed it on getting older. I am 67 years old with osteopenia. However, the pain & stiffness got worse over the next couple of weeks until I could barely get out of bed, stand, sit, etc. Ibuprofen helped but did not get me through the night. My dcotor has me on Miloxicam for the pain and it helps, but my movement is still uncomfortable & diminished. I also have low energy. I stopped taking it after 11 weeks with a very small amount of improvement, I think. Hard to tell on Miloxicam.
It has now been just over 2 weeks of off Alendronate & I am so worried about how long it will take to feel better, if at all. What are other people's experiences with recovery time? This has negatively changed my life in a big way.
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Thanks for the informative post. I've been on Alendronate for 7+ months, 70mg dose weekly.
I had little problem to begin with; just a lot of pain the day after taking the first dose, an episode of vertigo the first week and some on again/off again dizziness. But over the past 4-5 weeks I've begun experiencing other side effects: tenderness (not pain) in my ribs, especially the sides of the upper ribs; mild upper back pain; left clavicle pain (comes and goes); "bruised"-like feeling in various arm and leg bones (again, comes and goes); lots of gas (have had this since I began the pill); painful leg cramps (calf); a second episode of vertigo; mild dizziness or lightheadedness; strange taste in my mouth; dry lips; legs sometimes feel strange and stiff; knee discomfort; cough and continuous clearing of throat; some days just an all around yucky feeling but nothing I haven't been able to compensate for. Now, for the past couple of weeks, I've been experiencing high blood pressure. It normally averages out at around 115/75, but lately it's been anywhere from 130/78 to 139/85. This isn't listed as a side effect, but I've seen studies that it can occur in rare instances.
Today was my day to take the med, but I decided not to. I'll instead wait until I see my doctor at a regularly schedule appointment next week and will tell her I want to go off the pill and see if the side effects subside. I say they're side effects as I didn't have these problems until just recently!
Please keep us advised of your experience. You comments have certainly been helpful to me!
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Could the pain be caused by painting? I have experienced Ed pain from doing tasks like those. I’ve been taking Alendronte now for 1 month. I feel stiffness the day I take the med but I always have pain I. My hip ( before taking this???!). I am weary of taking this but I’ve experienced a bad rash from 2 nd Prolia injection. I feel your concern.