This is a difficult question for patients who have been on bisphosphonate osteoporosis drugs for years and then abruptly find out that there are serious adverse effects such as spontaneous mid femur fracture. What recourse do these patients have at this stage? We know that these drugs stay in the bones for a long long time, and there is no way to remove the bisphosphonate chemicals from the bone matrix. So I dont have an answer, and there may not be an answer. What question to ask the osteoporosis doctor? Try asking, "Why did you give me a "bad drug" with adverse side effects, and why didn't you try natural treatments instead ?"
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Hi Diane,
This is a difficult question for patients who have been on bisphosphonate osteoporosis drugs for years and then abruptly find out that there are serious adverse effects such as spontaneous mid femur fracture. What recourse do these patients have at this stage? We know that these drugs stay in the bones for a long long time, and there is no way to remove the bisphosphonate chemicals from the bone matrix. So I dont have an answer, and there may not be an answer. What question to ask the osteoporosis doctor? Try asking, "Why did you give me a "bad drug" with adverse side effects, and why didn't you try natural treatments instead ?"
jeffrey dach md
March 16, 2010 - 8:12pmThis Comment
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