Bone tissue symptoms and conditions

I have taken 4 doses of Fosomax-1x a week - and have noticed weight gain, nausea and lethargy. After the first three doses noticed a mild headache, which I blamed on my sinuses. After this last dose ( taken 6 days ago), I have had an excruciating headache, and facial pain. I have a constant burning feeling in my stomach. I will not take another dose. I saw that someone had previously mentioned taking Bone Up, and had good results. Has anyone else tried this? As a breast cancer survivor with borderline osteoporosis I am looking for a good alternative.

I am very susceptible to side effects from medication but I have never experienced any serious, or even minor, side effects from Levaquin. This is the 2nd time I've been prescribed this medication and I'm satisfied with the results. I take 500 mg once a day. Maybe the people experiencing these side effects are prescribed a dose that is too high for the body to handle. Doctor's like to over-medicate. Make sure the dose is appropriate for your body type.

I have been taking Fosamax for about 3 years,once a week. I had extreme hair loss last year. I was very concerned. It seems to have diminished now. I have knee pain. Some days are worse than others. I just recently started having shoulder pain. I exercise at least 3 times a week and have been for years so I know these pains are not from that. I needed to have some dental work done and found out some extremely disturbing news that doctors are just now finding out about. If a person is having any sort of dental work that has to do with the jaw bone, this includes tooth extraction, you are at risk for bone loss in the form of necrosis. This means the bone tissue dies and there is no cure for it. It makes no difference how healthy a person is or how long you have taken Fosamax. A person only need take 1 pill and they are at risk. There is no way to determine who will suffer from this terrible side affect. Stopping Fosamax before dental surgery makes no difference. Some people have lost their whole jaw. This is devastating news that needs national attention. My oral surgeon told me that doctors have tried everything to stop the necrosis and nothing has worked. Be forewarned.

I to recieved a kenalog shot one time only for poison ivy. Acouple of months later noticed the hole in my hip followed by pain in my hip. The hole in my hip filled in about a year later . Although the pain was getting worse. I had x-rays and the doctor showed me the ball joint of my hip was also partially deteriorated and now I have the beginings of arthritis. I take naproxen for inflamation every day now and my hip will only get worse as time goes by. This is not the way I planed my future, as I have for many years taken good care of myself. Eating right and running 2-3 miles a day 3 or more times a week. Trying to keep a good quality of life as I get into old age. With arthritis my future is certainly not as I planned. I wish I had not taken this shot, if I had been informed of the side affects Icertainly would"nt have. I contacted many lawers non would take my case. Iam 42 now and my doctor said I will probably need a hip replace in my future. Its only been 2 years since my shot. I would advise anyone who got the hole in there hip to have x-rays to see if your shot not only melted your flesh but your bone tissue as well. My doctor zoomed in on my x-rays with his computer you could easily see the damage.

I was hospitalized in March of 2004 with pneumonia caused from household cleaning products. They put me on "mega doses of Prednisone" intraveneously. When I returned home I was taking 40 mg a day for approximately two weeks. I woke up one morning, unable to walk because my knees hurt so bad when I put pressure on my legs. I recently, after episodes of pain, weakness and inability to walk without crutches, have been diagnosed with osteonecrosis, death of bone tissue. I am confident in saying it was the Predisone that caused it. The moon face, weight gain, and muscle and joint pain was also a factor. The osteonecrosis is a lifetime disease. I cannot work or function in the way I did before being put on this steroid. I asked the doctor about side effects and he told me not to worry. If I had known I would have said no. I think this drug should be taken off the market. I will be effected negatively for the rest of my life now. I would have preferred to take my chance without the Prednisone to heal my pneumonia. I should have been informed and as I read this webpage about the side effects I believe many of us should have been told the many side effects and allowed to make a decision rather or not we wanted to take it. Quality of life is most important!