Comments on: Sally Field pimps Boniva — oh, I mean “Bone Health”

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:40:30 +0000

I hope everyone has been watching the Fosamax/bisphosphonate reports on ABC-TV, Good Morning America, this week of March 8. AND I hope everyone will contact GMA, Dr. Besser, and Diane Sawyer with your experiences. I have and have also contacted the FDA and the pharmaceutical company. These fractures, aches, pains, etc. are not allergic reactions! Brittle bones are what these drugs DO! karenoma

By: Anna Elva Gutierrez

Anna Elva Gutierrez — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:18:09 +0000

I am in agreement to all drugs we must buy only 4 to 6 pills and check it out to see how we feel upon taking it. Boniva is only one pill for one month. Read the info.on the leaflet with the medication. If you are allergic to its ingrediantes beware. Many people do not read, don’t ask and this is a big problem on medication given by doctors. I have osteopenia, I looked it up in the computer and acording to this information I am a borderline for osteoporosis. I drink calcium, eat right, and I do not do excercise. I am a Lupus patient of 40 yrs. I was on cortizone 30 yrs. that is my killer. Slowly I was able to get away from cortizone. I am 76 yrs.old and love my life. I am co-founder of The Puerto Rico Lupus Support Group with Sallie Valcarcel the President, we give information to people about drugs. We tell them don’t buy them all you don’t know if they will hit you well. All medication should not be taken in morning, there is 24 hours to day. Drink medications spread out in the day until night time. You develop heartburn and that causes nausea. Women believe their doctors to no end.
All doctors are not sincere, and rather you not know what is true. Get into the internet ask about such and such drug. Read, read and understand and then make your choice if you buy it and try it.
Don’t be fooled. Get educated and follow through. God bless you all for reading my suggestion.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:26:51 +0000

Why does no one talk about balance and ways to improve balance? Falls are caused by poorer balance as we get older. I find my balance is much worse than a few years ago and there are exercises to improve that! Balance, exercise, diet, vitamins and minerals, sleep!

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:21:55 +0000

Correction — I should have said OSTEOPOROSIS — not arthritis. I knew it did not look right. I only had osteopenia when I took Fosamax, then later Boniva, which I greatly regret. My PCP’s PA first warned me of things showing up now that the drugs have been out more than 10 years and some people have been on the long term.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:17:51 +0000

Pat–Please do NOT take ANY bisphosphonates. The effects can be terrible and if you take any long term, probably will be terrible. Please read experiences on the Website Topix and others. I have filed a form with Roche and with the FDA describing debilitating effects. Also, Google and read about Jeremy Allen who helped Merck “rejigger” [his word] the marketplace to get women diagnosed with osteoarthritis to sell large amounts of Fosamax!

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:42:36 +0000

Hello Pat, what were your t-scores? The treatment of osteopenia is controversial. Currently, candidates for therapy include those at the highest risk of osteoporotic bone fracture based on bone mineral density and clinical risk factors. As of 2008, recommendations from the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) are based on risk assessments from the World Health Organization (WHO) Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX).[5] According to these recommendations, consideration of therapy should be made for postmenopausal women and men older than 50 years of age, if any one of the following is present:[6]

1.Prior hip or vertebral fracture
2.T-score of -2.5 at the femoral neck or spine, excluding secondary causes
3.T-score between -1.0 and -2.5 at the femoral neck or spine and a 10-year probability of hip fracture ≥3% or a 10-year probability of major osteoporotic fracture ≥10%
4.Clinicians’ judgment in combination with patient preferences indicate treatment for people with 10-year fracture probabilities above or below these levels.
(Notably, the first two conditions identify individuals with osteoporosis. The third condition corresponds to individuals with osteopenia, namely those with T-scores between -1.0 and -2.5.)
If you email me I can send you what “specific” supplements for you to start right away. These are like no other and you will see the results in any testing that your doctor will take. The Quality supplement route is far better than this medication or any like it. Let me know if you have any questions.

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:39:20 +0000

I recently have been diagnosed with osteopenia and the PA wants to put me on BONIVA after 12 weeks of building my vitamin D level…I am scared to death…I don’t know what to ask to have monitored in my blood or the amounts of D , Magnesium, and Calcium to ask for … then a dexa scan in a year…any suggestions how to proceed?

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:19:07 +0000

I took 1 dose of Boniva on the morning of June 19 and by 1:30 the next morning I was in such excruciating pain that I could only crawl out of bed and I tried to sleep sitting up on a couch. I am still unable to turn over in bed without pain in my hips/lower back. I continue to have pain that I never had before! I exercise with the pain and I actually feel better during the exercise. I will never take Boniva or other related drugs again. I am going natural….weight training, calcium & D and magnesium, good diet — lots of fruit and veggies.

By: sandra conley

sandra conley — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:55:44 +0000

Shame on Sally for pimping herself out to big pharma. Everyone knows that this drug has horrible side effects from kidney damage to jaw bone necrosis. I quess everyone has their price!

By: Rose

Rose — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:50:56 +0000

I was on Boniva as far back as 2005. Stopped taking it in June 2009, after suffering vertigo, auras, extreme muscle pain, etc.
Now, two months later, my nails have improved; they no longer look crushed and they don’t catch on everything. However, I’m still suffering with pain in my muscles and knees. It’s difficult to kneel, squat, or get up or down.

I’m 73 yrs old, but I’ve always been fit. In spite of the pain I’m experiencing, I work out at the gym 3 days a week, pumping the eliptical for 35 minutes and weightlifting for at least 35 minutes. I actually feel better after completing my work out.

When can I expect to be rid of this pain? I feel like my body’s being crushed, and it’s very difficult to sit for any length of time. My whole body hurts.