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Hi Mike, welcome and thanks for your question.  I don't have any personal experience with Boniva, but I do with Forteo, and it is currently being used in patients with slow-healing fractures.   Here's an article on this topic that you can read which will explain how this works and the various types of fractures it's used for.  If you are interested in this speak with the Dr. treating the patient to see if this is an option for treatment given the type of insurance this woman may have.  You'll notice that the initial testing of Forteo in the above link was on pelvic fractures, but it can be used on any type of fracture, and doesn't have to be within the confines of that clinical trial.   Boniva is also an option, but Forteo is specifically being used for fracture healing.  Forteo is the only osteoporosis med that stimulates new bone growth so this may be what she would want to try if the fracture is problematic or healing slowly.   People without fractures use Forteo as well to prevent future fracturing, and to increase bone mass, so check with the Dr. to see which of the two meds seem promising in this case.   I've had many spinal fractures, and took Forteo with great success--no side effects--and increased my t-scores greatly.   Good luck and if you have any other questions just re-post.