Reclast BEWARE causes broken femur!

I think we have to be VERY careful in asssessing one person's experience and drawing conclusions that a medicine is responsible. The questions I asked were:
did the fall to the ground provoke the break in the femur?
Did the muscle weakness cause to the reclast or might the person have been taking statins?
Were there other mitigating circumstances?
The reason we get put on bone meds is BECAUSE we are already in a COMPROMISED bone situation. The commenter provided no evidence that it wasn't her osteoporosis and the fall itself that caused the broken femur.
I had two teeth break for the first time in my life after the Reclast and a few months after starting Tymlos. It had NOTHING to do with the medications. Teeth are dentin and not bone.
We don't have enough information in this case to determine that the Reclast would cause a femur to break.
There is a rare condition but the information points to the rare condition (1%) to patients who were on Reclast for more than 5 years. The poster said she was only on for 3 years.
Most medicines have RISKS. There is a risk to take it and a risk NOT to take it. I think it is important to be educated as to what we are putting in our bodies, select GOOD doctors who we can communicate with, and follow testing and the protocols as instructed. Here is a VERY GOOD article. Please also click on the clickable links where very relevant info is located.
I always hope and pray that I don't suffer the consequences of meds I have been asked to take - but some people do suffer at times because of them. They do need to "be aware," but they should not "beware!" (Ooh, I like that, I just made that up!) unless a legitimate conversation is had with professionals.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/thigh-fractures-linked-to-osteoporosis-drugs-long-term-use-questioned-201205214737

Please note that this article, although very good and thorough, was written in 2012 and a lot has changed in 13 years.

1. Thank you for helping people by telling your story.
2. My ob-gyn told me of this. He does his own research and does not listen to company sales pitch. He said do not let anyone tell you to take these medicines. You need estrogen replacement.

I’m sorry, but that sounds a little shortsighted to me having someone tell you you need estrogen is uninformed without knowing a person‘s history. Estrogen by itself is known to cause cancer in women. It has to be a whole protocol of HRT or bioidentical HRT. I would agree That bioidentical hormones are going to help the mechanisms of maintaining bone health and muscles, but it is kind of simplified information without testing the individual and understanding their capacities. I would suggest that an OB/GYN is not the proper place to get this information but rather from an endocrinologist who does the proper testing in conjunction with other doctors you may want to see like an OB/GYN, a primary care doctor and an orthopedic medicine doctor. An OB/GYN is not geared to understand the nuances between all of the varieties of bone medication’s, there are on the market. I suggest everyone do their own research which is not easy and it is an extensive. I don’t even trust my own top drawer endocrinologist as I know my body and I have restarted bioidentical Heveryone do their own research which is not easy and it is an extensive. I don’t even trust my own top drawer endocrinologist as I know my body and I have restarted bioidentical HRT in conjunction with an exercise routine to make sure all of that medicine gets to the right place and does what it’s supposed to do.

You don’t have to feel sorry. That is your opinion.
My research shows he was correct, and that is my opinion.
Best wishes

I took Fosamax for years, but after a number of years was told to discontinue use.

So sorry you had to go through that. Yesterday I went for a first visit to a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon for sit-bone bursitis. I brought all my records including my recent DEXA. His thoughts on my osteoporosis were, first off, no more steroids for me ever (a steroid shot is sometimes given for sit bone bursitis) but his view on osteoporosis meds was that he recommended never to take the meds because he has treated many patients with fractured femurs as a direct result from osteoporosis medications. Could it be that femur fractures are not as rare as the literature makes it out be? I've heard of other orthopedic surgeons not recommend these meds as well. My podiatrist, my general MD, and my dentist all think it's a good idea for me to go on bone meds so his view on them was surprising. His advice to treat osteoporosis is to lift weights to build bone. (He didn't elaborate further since I was there for a bursitis issue.) For the record, I didn't rule out taking them in the future but I'm giving myself two years (I was diagnosed last year) to see if I can maintain or better my DEXA scores. If not, then I'll reevaluate.

It would be interesting to see a study of all fractures of post-menopausal, osteoporatic women compared to osteoporosis medication usage vs non medicated.