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I also have been taking alendronate for about 1 year with almost no major side effects (some bone pain; took a 2-3 week drug holiday, pain subsided), other than a bit of constipation (IBS sufferer though, so used to GI issues!). Had 2nd dexa scan which showed improvement the doc was happy with (no improvement in femoral neck however). Now he wants to try reclast which I am not really interested in as the alendronate is helping and tolerable for me. Who knows what will happen with a once a year injection. Probably nothing but better bones - but the osteo drugs out there have a lot of issues. Then again an osteoporosis diagnosis is a big issue!
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Do not take Reclast!!!
Read about the law suits
Femur fractures, kidney failure, bone inflammation
I am now suffering from the last and the pain is brutal
The worse is it is my system for 11/2 years with no antidote
I am stuck with opioids for the pain
Doctor never told me!!
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That's great that you've had improvement! Knowing that it works for others gives me a positive outlook. Good for you! I see my doctor in June and hopefully she'll schedule me for a second scan.
I've never had any gastrointestinal problems. Well, I take that back. At the beginning I did have a lot of gas, quite a lot more than usual! But that seems to have subsided. I don't have problems with constipation -- I make sure I eat a bowl of oatmeal with almond milk and blueberries most mornings. That helps greatly. I have the minor ache or pain, which may or may not be due to the Alendronate. But I can always blame it on that anyway!
I'm not sure what I think about the other meds. Like you, I would worry with the once a year injection. They all seem to have some major side effects, though in an extremely small sample of the population. Still...