I was just barely Osteoporotic and my doctor put me on Fosomax. I had no symptoms anything was wrong for 6 months and then developed horrible palpitations! They were so bad I often felt faint. My doctor never suspected the Fosomax but ordered heart tests. All normal . I knew it had to be the Fosomax and stopped taking it and immediately my palpitations lessened. I asked my doctor if the Fosomax caused my palpitations and he said “oh yes, all the bone drugs raise your serum CA levels! Well too much Calcium can affect electrolytes especially magnesium as those two need to stay balanced. It took awhile of taking extra magnesium and no supplemental CA but I recovered a normal heartbeat. I will never take another bone med. I started weightlifting and added Fortibone and gained bone density to osteopenia.
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I am on 4th month of alendronate once a week. I’m ok the day I take it, but by the second day, my stomach not good and joints are hurting and just exhausted. Is this normal? I thought I’d get over this weekly misery after a few months, but I’m not sure that’s the case. Is this normal for this drug or maybe just making things worse? I get a little better by day 4,5 but then start dreading the next dose coming up. And it starts all over. Does this really help improve bones? Getting harder and harder to do my normal gardening and other chores…
@humphreysbr
I am on 4th month of alendronate once a week. I’m ok the day I take it, but by the second day, my stomach not good and joints are hurting and just exhausted. Is this normal? I thought I’d get over this weekly misery after a few months, but I’m not sure that’s the case. Is this normal for this drug or maybe just making things worse? I get a little better by day 4,5 but then start dreading the next dose coming up. And it starts all over. Does this really help improve bones? Getting harder and harder to do my normal gardening and other chores…
@gracierose that is exactly what happened to me! I would feel great at first for the first couple of months but over time I developed palpitations, joint aches in my feet so bad I had to order different super wide shoes to keep the aching down and was exhausted all the time! I also experienced leg cramps, eyelid twitches and arch cramps when I stretched in bed. All classic signs of low magnesium and too much calcium. I would start to feel better by day 6 but on day 7 and the next dose I would go downhill again. After 7 months I said enough is enough and the doctor told me I could stop to see if symptoms went away. They did and I realized the drug had caused all my symptoms. It took several months off it to feel back to normal as I increased my magnesium and my calcium magnesium ratios balanced out again. My exhaustion left too. I was taking 3 hour naps! It is crazy what drugs can do to you! Now I supplement with calcium hydroxyapatite, vitamin Mk7, vitamin d 4,000 IU and powdered collagen with Fortibone. I improved all my DEXA scores, and I also do weight bearing exercises three times a week at the gym. My doctor pointed out walking alone won’t do it unless you use a weighted vest or ankle and wrist weights as you need the bones to feel stress to tell them to increase density. Best of luck to you! Many studies show Alendronate does not increase density very much or if any. Several folks have posted links on that topic or Google it.
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I am on 4th month of alendronate once a week. I’m ok the day I take it, but by the second day, my stomach not good and joints are hurting and just exhausted. Is this normal? I thought I’d get over this weekly misery after a few months, but I’m not sure that’s the case. Is this normal for this drug or maybe just making things worse? I get a little better by day 4,5 but then start dreading the next dose coming up. And it starts all over. Does this really help improve bones? Getting harder and harder to do my normal gardening and other chores…
@gracierose that is exactly what happened to me! I would feel great at first for the first couple of months but over time I developed palpitations, joint aches in my feet so bad I had to order different super wide shoes to keep the aching down and was exhausted all the time! I also experienced leg cramps, eyelid twitches and arch cramps when I stretched in bed. All classic signs of low magnesium and too much calcium. I would start to feel better by day 6 but on day 7 and the next dose I would go downhill again. After 7 months I said enough is enough and the doctor told me I could stop to see if symptoms went away. They did and I realized the drug had caused all my symptoms. It took several months off it to feel back to normal as I increased my magnesium and my calcium magnesium ratios balanced out again. My exhaustion left too. I was taking 3 hour naps! It is crazy what drugs can do to you! Now I supplement with calcium hydroxyapatite, vitamin Mk7, vitamin d 4,000 IU and powdered collagen with Fortibone. I improved all my DEXA scores, and I also do weight bearing exercises three times a week at the gym. My doctor pointed out walking alone won’t do it unless you use a weighted vest or ankle and wrist weights as you need the bones to feel stress to tell them to increase density. Best of luck to you! Many studies show Alendronate does not increase density very much or if any. Several folks have posted links on that topic or Google it.