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Would like to know people's experience using Fosamax
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Aug 17 7:59pm | Replies (186)Comment receiving replies
I took Fosamax for about 2 years. It was, for me, an increasingly wretched experience. Indigestion was minor, but annoying. Flatulence and diarrhea were got worse with time. The "bone" it supposedly grew was not really bone at all -- more of a calcium deposit masquerading as bone and doing no functional good. I had diarrhea off and on throughout, but especially on the day I took it and the day following. It (the diarrhea) got increasingly unmanageable and eventually explosive. The final straw was being (alone, fortunately) in a large lobby outside a college auditorium I was about to enter. What felt like it would be a small fart to relieve gas pressure instead filled my pantyhose with an explosive and completely uncontrollable amount of diarrhea and sent me scurrying to a restroom for a major and embarrassing cleanup effort. No more Fosamax for me, ever. And if I can dissuade you, so much the better. Nasty drug!
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I started taking Fosamax weekly about three and a half mos ago. About three weeks ago, I noticed that my food was racing through my bowels, and it has been really loose when going to the bathroom. I checked with my doctor, and he told me to discontinue for a month which I just did this week. If it is the Fosamax, I wonder how long it will take for me to be back to normal. I am getting tired of the BRAT diet.
I see this Comment was made in 2016, but wow....it kind of scares me. I have a new Dr., he sent me for a bone density (hadn't had one in 6 yrs.) and right off the bat, prescribed Fosamax...70 mg, a once-a-week pill. When I read the warnings and possible side-effects on the read-out that came with it, I almost panicked. I see a cardiologist next Thurs., so am putting off taking this for right now. LOL enough to worry about. This is a great site, though...and I can get some good info. from it. I'm so sorry that you went through all of that, but thank you so much for letting us know your experience. I'm just kind of 'in limbo' right now...I need to find out more. I have read about it on the Internet...and mostly BAD. Geez....it's always something. 🙁
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I can identify with your comments. I was on Fosamaxfor almost two years and have the same reaction! Stopped the drug and almost immediately felt better. Now I got my first injection of Prolia. So far so good! We will see. Judy Chase