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Foamax
Mollie Burrows
Monday, April 28, 2008 at 05:26 PMI take Fosamax and I will continue to take it. The chance of my having a serious illness is very small. The benefits I'm getting with this drug are worth the risk. Mollie Burrows
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Fosamax
Anonymous
Monday, April 28, 2008 at 05:36 PMI agree - having had a spinal fracture - the benefits outweight the slight risk.
But I have another question.
In another health central article I read that Actonel (which I was taking) and Fosamax (which I take now that it is generic and thus more Medicare affordable) have different functions and thus different benefits. So why don't doctors prescribe both and we alternate weekly or monthly?
Fosamax and Actonel?
Craig Stoltz
Monday, April 28, 2008 at 05:44 PMThat's a fascinating question--but one that goes well beyond the scope of my knowledge.
You may want to ask the question of one of the medical experts in our community--as well as, of course, your personal physician.
Best,
Craig
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Fosamax side effects
Kim
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 01:10 AMAfter I took Fosamax, I developed chest pains and heart palpitations. I finally went to my Primary and stopped taking the Fosamax as I couldn't take it anymore. I went through two Holter monitor tests. The chest pain and palpitations slowly subsided, but the chest pains haven't completely faded. That was a year ago. This is probably considered anecdotal information, but it was my experience with this medication.
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Fosamax and irrugular heart rhythm
BR
Monday, March 16, 2009 at 06:13 PMI took Fosamax for 7 years and I got severe heart rhythm problem which I associated with menopause. I underwnet several tests , several times in last 7 years and the doctor couldn't find anything wrong with my heart. I recently went overseas and ran out of Fosamax and so I stopped for 2 months. Surprisingly, I found out that the scary heart rhythm problem completely dissapeared !! Later, doing some research on the internet, I found out that "Fosamax" could cause such problem!!!!!. My question is why can't the doctors think of the side effects of the medicines patients are taking when they cannot explain certain condition in a patient ? I accidently found out this otherwise I would have been continuing Fosamax and get a scare of my life everytime heart acts up !!!
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