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Reclast BEWARE causes broken femur!
Doctor put me on Reclast for 3 years. By third year after iv left leg hurting and getting weaker. Finally, one day leg gave out and I fell to the ground with broken femur. Emergency Surgery. After this several doctors told me it was due to Reclast. Was never told Reclast could do this. Women should avoid this iv. I will post what happened to me wherever I can. To put this drug out knowing it can cause a broken femur is horrible. Women should be told this side effect before receiving the drug. Having a broken femur is a terrible thing with the pain and surgery. I am 3 months out from surgery and still recovering. Now my doctors tell me I should not get anymore reclast! Too late for my broken Femur! Beware of Reclast!
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Your comments are helpful. Thank you.
All these different medical opinions are VERY interesting. When I asked my dentist about Reclast, she said that it could cause difficulty in healing after oral surgery (which I had already read about). And I do have dental situations that may require unanticipated oral surgery. It's not as though one can stop taking Reclast for a a week or two before surgery, as is true of other meds. Once Reclast is taken, it's THERE. Incidentally, my Dexa score lowered after I, for various reasons, had slacked off my exercise regimen. At the same time, I began to have difficulty swallowing large pills and discontinued taking calcium. Dumb, yes.
I have read that in some elderly people Reclast may have some temporary mental effect. I am OLDER elderly, live alone, handle my own affairs, and--with my mother and two sisters having suffered dementia--am very aware of brain health. I don't want even temporary confusion. I have known many more people with dementia than with osteoporosis-related broken hips, the prevention of which is supposed to be the reason for taking Reclast.
The doctor didn't elaborate about which bone drugs in our conversation and I didn't ask especially since I was there for my bursitis. Admittedly I was stunned with his view on bone meds since every other health care professional I've told about my osteoporosis strongly advised me to take the meds.
But it did occur to me that orthopedic surgeons are on the receiving end of osteoporatic patients who fracture since they're the ones that ultimately "fix" the problem of broken bones, so it's not surprising that they may be more biased against a medication that actually caused the problem in the first place.
It is interesting to me that he did not cover the other end of the spectrum. Fractures caused by osteoporosis when medications were not used by a patient. He might want to get some additional feedback from a spine surgeon....one who has treated . multiple compression fractures. My comments are biased pro osteoporosis meds (not recommending for anyone else. We are all individual).
I’m supposed to start Reclast and I’m terrified. I can’t take any oral osteoporosis drugs because I have GERD. Additionally I am terrified of the dentist and haven’t been to the dentist in well over 5 years. I think I should go before taking this medication just to make sure I have nothing wrong where I’d need anything done in my mouth which I read can cause serious problems. I simply don’t know what to do. Any advice would be appreciated.
Is reclast the first osteoporosis drugs you've been prescribed?
I am assuming that you and your prescribing physician have discussed the results of your dexa scan and spoken about reclast and other drugs that are not bisphosphonates. Is she/he well trained in treating Osteoporosis? Would you share your dexa scores with us? Don't worry. You are not alone in worries about osteoporosis, all of the information out there and worries about making the best possible choices. As you read you will see that you are not alone!