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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Sep 2 10:11am | Replies (1085)
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My endocrinologist wants me on Fosamax since I am taking Letrozole for another year (5 in all) for breast cancer. My general practitioner agrees. I was on Fosamax previously & had jaw pain. Endocrinologist says Fosamax does not affect jaw. Anyone else have this problem?

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mariegroh | @mariegroh | Jun 9, 2022

Fosamax is a Bisphosphonate..
https://www.webmd.com/osteoporosis/news/20090101/fosamax-higher-risk-of-jawbone-death#:~:text=Jan.%202%2C%202009%20--%20After%20having%20teeth%20pulled%2C,tooth%20extraction%20patients%20not%20taking%20Fosamax%20developed%20osteonecrosis.
From the article: ""Here at the USC School of Dentistry, we're getting two or three new patients a week that have bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw -- and I know we're not the only ones seeing it," Sedghizadeh says in a news release."

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