For those of you who have not heard of Fosamax, it is a drug that was praised to help increase bone density, but has proven (like all drugs) to have long term side effects outweighing the possible benefits. When your bones are building up they have construction workers called osteoblasts, they are reponsible for putting ...
Bisphosphanates are a group of drugs commonly used to treat osteoporosis; they include Fosamax, Actonel and Boniva. In 2003 reports began to surface of jaw necrosis occurring in patients being treated with Bisphosphanates. Osteonecrosis is the infection and subsequent break down of bone, and jaw necrosis is osteonecrosis of the jaw. Patients report a numbness ...
Generic Fosamax officially became available to patients on February 13th, 2008. Fosamax will now be available in various strengths in a generic version. Fosamax, a drug manufactured by Merck Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in Whitehouse, New Jersey, is used to treat osteoporosis. The main patent for Fosamax, held by Merck, expired February 12, 2008, thereby making Fosamax ...
Fosamax is a prescription treatment for the prevention of bone loss from osteoporosis, and it also is sometimes given to slow the progression of Paget’s disease (bone deformation). Like every synthetically compounded chemical drug, it is not supposed to be in our bodies, and therefore, the body’s own immune system may start to reject the ...