Fosamax
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- Fosamax treats osteoporosis but not very well. Fosamax belongs to the bisphosphonate class of drugs along with Actonel, Boniva, and Reclast. While people generally assume Fosamax increases bone formation, actually it only modestly reduces bone breakdown without really boosting bone production.
Although bone mineral density does increase slightly with Fosamax, it relates to deposition of calcium rather than new bone formation. As a result the decrease in fractures with therapy appears much less than most people expect. Some reports suggest Fosamax only benefits those with a history of prior fracture. It may not be effective in primary prevention - preventing the first osteoporotic fracture in those at risk but without a previous incident.
Unfortunately the side effects of Fosamax may be significant and include necrosis of the jawbone and low energy fractures of the thighbone. Injury to the esophagus may occur with a small increase in the incidence of cancer of the esophagus. In most individuals Fosamax should be discontinued after 5 years. Long term therapy may be counterproductive.
My doctor just prescribed Fosamax for my Osteoporosis, which I had no idea I have....I research "everything" especially meds my Doctor always recommends...I am very sensitive to any & all meds....Thank you so much for your honest review of this medication.....I just subscribed to your channel....Think I'll treat my osteoporosis the natural way...more veggies, calcium, protein etc....I must admit my diet hasn't been the best....I'm 65, have high blood pressure, not overweight, don't smoke, pretty active....Thank you again....Glad I found your channel..
Thank you for clarifying the use of Fosamax. I've taken it for about four years after a hip X-ray showed weakness in my hipbone. But for the last year, I have questioned its use because, although the hip doesn't bother me, my lower back is not as flexible as before. Today, (05/02/2021) I stopped taking the pill. But just to be sure, I checked with TH-cam to make sure I made the right decision. After hearing your arguments, I believe I made the right decision.
My Father suffered a broken leg that was weakened due to Fosamax use. I've heard it may leech calcium from other areas of the body and cause fractures.
They are now recommending stopping after 5 years because of the accumulation of problems. Scary stuff! The doctor is trained by the drug companies and treat symptoms. Move on, do your research! ( it’s a full time job but so gratifying)
Blessings
Omg this is completely frightening to watch and listen he’s being so thorough in talking about this drug. I was told to take this couple of years ago and watching this I completely refused it. Plus since I’ve spoke to ppl who’s been on it and said they’d had rib fractures just off coughing … I know this happened to my mothers friend and she was on alendronic acid she also vertebrae breakdown. And my neighbours aunt lost near all of her teeth on this… it’s frightening 3yrs later reading it again
Thank you! You've convinced me NEVER to take any such drugs for osteoporosis. I am 67 years young, 95 pounds, and was recently diagnosed with osteoporosis. I'm tackling this naturally. Thank you for your efforts in this video. No meds for me :)
Same here! And I want to do this naturally on my own. NO meds for me!!!
I will never take another calcium pill as most doctors who know better do not recommend it anymore. I won’t take pills or Prolia as I have the aneurysm now because calcium went to blood arteries and not bone. I took this two years and doctor never was concerned I wasn’t getting better. He waited to I was real bad to mention testing. I take 5000 vitamin d3, K2/m7, zinc.magnesium an$ other vitamins. Guessing game.
@@gloriagolemboski4515 Thank you for sharing, Gloria! I DO appreciate it. I too take 5,000 IU of Vitamin D and zinc. I load up on leafy greens for vitamin K and also calcium and other minerals (2 large green smoothies a day as per Dr Brooke Goldner's protocol) You might want to check out Dr. Brooke Goldner online. She has a LOT to say and has helps MANY people with assorted conditions, AND she has free help online too. Weight bearing exercise also helps. I have no idea yet if I've made progress, but I will never take the prescription meds. I'll take my chances. Best wishes to you :)
Thank you so much for this broadcast. I received a phone call on yesterday from my mothers HMO after her bone scan and the nurse recommended this drug from my mother. I was given a few side effects over the phone however, I never just trust what I’m told. I research which is how I came across your Teaching here. My mother is 80 years old and I definitely have learned that advocacy for seniors is imperative.
After listening to your lecture, I can't believe my nurse practitioner recommended Fosamax. Never will I take it!
My doctor wanted me to be on Fosamax and I said no!! It’s one of three Prescriptions for Osteoporosis and all three could cause Cancer. GLAD YOU SAID "NO" also!!
Thank you so much for all the work you had to have put into this factual lvideo. I have a loved one on this medication and she will be removing it now for diet and exercise.
Thanks, This was really good information!
Any medication you take has a potential for risks or side effects. The point is for the doctor and the patient to weigh these risks against the possible benefits.
This doctor simply telling you that your jaw could get necrotic is not giving you enough information to make an informed decision. Same for his warnings about sudden long bone fractures.
Bisphosphonates have shown significant reductions in fractures especially in women who have already suffered a fracture. A hip fracture in an elderly woman carries a very high risk of morbidity and death within the first 90 days.So high that one in three woman over the age of 50 with a hip fracture will DIE within the first year after the hip fracture.
So, if you’ve had a fracture from osteoporosis and your doctor recommends a drug that reduces your risk of fracture by 30-50% (depending on which study you look at), you want to weight that against these risks he’s warning about.
So the next question should be what the risks of these terrible complications are...
Osteonecrosis of the jaw - extremely rare to the point where most doctors never see it in their career. Estimated at 1 in 100,000 person-years which means that 100,000 people would have to take the drug for a 1 year to result in 1 case of osteonecrosis. If you’re afraid of those odds, then you should also never leave your house or walk across the street.
Atypical long bone fractures with long term use is about 1 per every 1000 patient-years. So, one fracture caused by the drug for every 1000 people taking it for one year.
But, if you treat 10,000 women at high risk for fracture with a bisphosphonate, you will prevent 100 hip fractures as well as 750 fractures at other sites but you’d only have 2-3 atypical fractures caused by the drug during this same time frame.
You need to understand the numbers to understand benefits versus risks. Simply just rattling off a list of scary side effects isn’t true informed consent and not responsible medicine.
can you give me your opinion of fosomax versus prolia?
This can cause more harm than good.
" one in three woman over the age of 50 with a hip fracture will DIE within the first year after the hip fracture"
WHY?
he says its a 1 percent difference with all these side effects
May I ask if you are in the medial field?
Dr Susan Brown. Center for Better Bones maybe? an option?
I took this pill for 4 years. My blonde hair turned orange, plus it gave me cramps. I opted out after 4 years.
Think I’m going to talk to my doctor about not taking it anymore
I am terrified of this drug! I have osteoporosis and it's pretty severe- but I refuse to take a pill that doesn't work, and that can cause MORE problems... need to figure out a treatment that isn't toxic
Very interesting. I’m surprised at the conclusion of your video you didn’t say if your doctor suggests taking Fosamax, run for the hills. It appears the drug helps little and with it carries many, many adverse side affects. Tx for the info!
I have developed joint pain in my hips, shoulder and hands all at about the same time span. I only just learned about the possible connection to fosimax. several other symptoms as well. I just tested again with some reversal, back down to osteopenia. But then this info started randomly cropping up on my internet sources. Nobody could tell me why all my joints were bothering me at once and now this makes sense. My mother lived to 97 and never broke a bone even though she had some falls. I'm not yet 70. It seems to me too early to take this medicine especially since it appears it's only really effective for 3 to 5 years. I'm going to stop taking it and see if my symptoms go away
I was put on this for a couple years before stopping after reading the side effects but not before my hip went out as I bent over to buckle my shoe. Dislocated four more times over a year and a half before surgery.
I am going to be 78 in June I have been taking Fosamax for six years and now I am going to stop it I wish I heard this sooner. They have a spray for your nose that is called calcitonin what do you think of that. Thank you for such eye-opening information. By the way, I had a fracture on Fosamax.
What would one take to maintain the effects of Forteo if bisphosphonates don't work because of hypocalcemia?
Great explanation, thank you Dr.
Only question. Is Osteopreosis progressive? My mom has it in her hip, but will it get worse and worse? Will she be crouched over in a 5 years?
I forgot, he doesn’t respond to questions
@@frankjamesbonarrigo7162 yeah it sucks that he isn't active in the comments. At least engage your audience.
We all will, eventually. Just a matter of living long enough.
Are you a doctor my doctor today describe this for me and after listening to you I don’t think I’m going to take it I have stomach problems already I can’t take certain medicine because it upsets my stomach I get gas really bad I get heartburn really bad and swallowing is a problem with me already what would you suggest I could take for Osteoporosis please answer me today is
5-26-20
What are you going to do?
What are the fruits and vegetables we should be eating to prevent further bone loss?
None . supplement instead
Google what to eat for osteoporosis. You'll get some wonderful information
Vitamins D and K2 and MK7 and other plus weight lifting and vigorous (get winded / sweaty) exercise is what I heard. Do some research as I am now. Good luck.
Dried prunes
Too bad this video wasn’t available in the early 2000, when I was prescribed and took fosamax. It completely destroyed my life!
Me acaban de recetar fosamax, me podria contar su experiencia, no quisiera tomarlo
No disrespect, but why does he sound like Andy Rooney?
What supplement is best to take? So happy I found your channel.
My drs is a real pill pusher. Uses scare tactics all the time.
Been on both. Excessive osteoporosis so I tried Foxamax first which tore up my stomach. Then Prolia and 2000 calcium everyday calcium and Prolia twice a year. When my bone got worse after two years and he did X-ray we found an aneurysm in the aorta of the heart. The calcium went to the bloodstream instead of the bone. I went off Prolia myself but doctor had a fit that I didn’t go back to Foxamax. I give up. Trying naturally. I’m 83
Oh oh! I hope you see this. I have, now, a family history of aneurysms (my 83 year old mom just had one, as did my grandma when she was 96.) Both also took fosamax, my mom for a long time. Supposedly it's something I'm going to want to be screened for potentially...course, they didn't screen for osteoporosis despite many risk factors, and now I have the bones of a 90 year old, but...I digress. Just started taking fosamax, reluctantly. Am finally accepting, I guess, that this is very real (as I rest my back after my half day of cutting hair while nursing fractures and dealing with scoliosis, no doubt also a result of my disintegrating spine.) Not sure what I think I'm going to do if I don't take fosamax, or whatever drug endocrinologist might offer instead. My natural remedies may ultimately help but I am pretty far gone...is the problem...and I'm only 62. 😅
You need to take the vitamins K2 with D3 at the same time. Those two vitamins together will put the Calcium into your bones instead if your Arteries. Search out on TH-cam to see how much to take. TH-cam is loaded with information about this. I have raised my K2 to 300 mcg a day and I take D3 2,000 IU and sometimes. In Japan the women with Osteoporosis get 45 Mg of K2. I Just ordered a bottle of that but haven’t used it yet. Going to soon if my bones aren’t better the next test. Our Doctors aren’t telling us anything!! Just want to put us on Prescriptions!! ALWAYS SEARCH OUT ANY PRESCRIPTIONS FIRST!!!
It’s important to also take potassium k2-7 to pull the calcium from the blood where it can be used to build bone
I see this video is 3 years old. So don't know if you still check comments/questions. Could you address the 'osteoclast rebound' phenomenon... I was on Prolia for 5 years as I was on Aromasin for 5 years as part of breast cancer treatment protocol. I wasn't told I'd have to be on Prolia or a bisphosponate for life , according to my doctor. I am supposed to start Fosamax in December as I refused Prolia again. But after research and your great videos I don't want any part of these meds. But I keep being told I'm in danger of serious fractures from the osteoclast rebound. I'm following a natural regime to deal with osteoporosis with proper nutrients, minerals, weight bearing exercises, etc. Tgey make it sound as if I'm going to walk out of my doctor's office in December (I've been called in after sending a message that I won't take any of these meds) and crumble into a pile of rubble like a cartoon. Is osteoclast rebound legit?
Thank you for confirming many of my misgivings about this drug. I think I'll just increase my weight bearing exercise, vit d, vit k and calcium. Thank you again, excellent presentation!
Thank you Dr Ken Landown for your honest review on this medication. My Dr has wanted me to go on either Prolia or Forsamax, looked into it found the negative side affects wasn't worth it. I will stick with exercise and eating more greens and other nutritionals.
Many thanks. God bless you. Nth Queensland Australia 🇦🇺
Omg I was told I need it. After watching this especially I’m not going to ever. It’s scared the daylights out of me. I’ll still to increasing calcium via food intake vitD anyway. Was so interesting thank you. 👍
I stopped taking Fosamax 4 months ago, i beleive that I now have a Hip/Leg STRESS Fx. C/O Sudden onset of pain, typically in the front of the thigh, the groin, the side of the hip, or the buttocks.
Pain that intensifies with weight bearing and may lessen with rest.
No previous accident or injury to the joint that would trigger pain.
Slightly limited motion: gentle hip motion is usually painless, but pain may intensify with extreme motions of the hip.
Pain that gradually increases over a period of weeks or months and may be so intense that it is disabling.
A noticeable limp as the patient tries to protect the joint and ease the pain. I do have an appt next monday with my PCP. Could this still part of the result of me taking FOSAMAX?? I did take it for 16 months only and I'm 68 years old. Thank you for your respond.
I took Fosamax for 5 1/2 years while my bone density remained unchanged. My "D" was 22 when I started and the doctor thought that was fine for building bone but he had no idea why I had osteoporosis. I stopped the Fosamax and reasoned that I didn't have enough "D" and raised it to over 30 and quickly began increasing bone density in my spine from -3.2 to -1.9 over 12 years. My pill doctor thought Fosamax treats osteoporosis, end of story and job done.
Good for you!!! Glad you stopped the Fosamax!!!!!
what is "D"?
Thank you sir for all this information God bless you
Great information. You answered many of the questions I had.
Its was recommended by my Primary…
But listening to you (I’m your Follower)
I’m scared to death
Thanks for your advices …I’m diabetic 2
W insulin plus pill
Tired about pills side effects
I just read that you are a dermatologist. How have you gained your knowledge about fosamax and its effects. I don't doubt a thing you've said because I've heard it from other video channels but I'm just curious about your background on this topic.
In my view, he thoroughly presents information from credible published medical research. Working with patients throughout a lengthy profession, also, provides pharmaceutical experience. Some individuals are passionate
'research nerds', and some care about providing facts which may reduce harm.
Hi Maureen, Thank you for mentioning this. I didn’t know this. He doesn’t use his real name. So I couldn’t research this.
Thank you T Foxes 😊
Oops Foxen
If you look at his bookshelf he has a gynecology book so I imagine he is a gyn, internal med doc, or family PCP doc most likely. In all those areas he would frequent the issue of osteoporosis. I am an RN, BSN fyi. Also it doesn't take a ton of effort if you already have a medical background to delve into research on a new medical topic and to consult other fellow medical folks in that area of specialty to gain more knowledge and consensus.
Thank you Doctor, for this informative video.
Will you please provide the references of the studies from which you gathered these statistics?
They don’t know about my calcium levels how …
What you are talking ? Osteonecrosis may occur in only 3 percent. I treated my my mother ,then 80, for 5 years in 2009 and she could be cured of the severe osteoporotic pain. I dont agree with your negetive views
Excellent, clear presentation. Thank you. Dr. Landow really cares about patients.
Thanks for confirming the research ive done 😊 i was on actonel for about 5 years with a decrease in my dexa and a specialist pushing the injection! He couldnt or wouldn’t answer any of my questions and ignored several concerns i raised with him. After one particularly dismissive appointment i decided to look for a natural remedy through a naturopath. I may not have all the answers i need but i feel amazing and confident in my naturopath who spends time with me discussing my medication and ways of improving not only my approach to my osteoporosis but my overall health. She has helped me feel strong and in control of my health whereas the specialist only wanted me to be so frightened i might break a bone id carry on with whatever medication he suggested. Thanks for sharing this important information 😊
Any thoughts about what a person--me--age 62, recently diagnosed with osteoporosis, t-score in spine -4.6, hip -3.3, -3.5 respectively, now with a confirmed history of fractures should do? I know part of my problem is/was, I didn't know I had osteoporosis, kept trying to return to the gym, running, activities I'd been doing, only to injure myself again, still not sure if those injuries were fractures (if they were, they focused, then, on my sacrum, just learned about sacral insufficiency fractures yesterday, feels like that could have happened more than once, but it didn't show on the one x-ray I asked a chiropractor to take, so...?) just know I have three vertebrae now fractured, and it happened with the barest amount of trying to carefully do a workout video that had some twisting I didn't know was going to be there...all to say, the pain I experience is my fault, and now I'm definitely...altered. (Three full inches shorter, my lower back feels like a giant scab I wish I could just rip off when it doesn't hurt, and my upper back becomes a misery (at least it goes away, I can stretch it out, stretching is much more problematic for my lower back and the fractured space vehemently complains about stretching 😮) after 5 minutes of activity that involves holding my arms in front of me...and I'm a hairdresser, thankfully only part-time, but I honestly am not sure what would happen if I worked longer hours, might start crying after a point, even if I could still do the work. So I know, this is not something to take lightly. But from reading and watching stuff, I wonder if any drug will actually help me very much? While just potentially piling on other miseries. (Three doses of fosamax so far and I'm already wondering if I'm percolating an esophageal ulcer.)
Thank you- very informative
Can Male people take it?????
What a blessing your information is.. the truth is INCREDIBLE and helpful and you are a gift! Thank you.. finally able to actually speak intelligently about this subject after all your videos. I am armed with facts ..
Thank you for giving us the information and really helping people.
Hi Dr. Landau, thank you for this video. I have been taking Fosamax, for osteopenia, for about 22 months. Over the last year I have noticed my hair has been thinning. It has recently gotten to the point that I am very alarmed. My hair has always been quite thick and this has happened in a pretty short timeframe, so I am quite concerned. I am 70 years old. All of the women , (and men), on both sides of my family lived into their 80s and 90s with thick hair, so I don’t think it is genetic. It suddenly occurred to me that maybe it was the Fosamax! I did not have a noticeable problem before that.
The only other drug I take is Lamotrigine, (Lamictal), for the last three years for severe depression and grief over the loss of several family members over a short period of time.. I had tapered up to 500mg, but now have tapered down to 300mg daily. So I guess my next question is does lamotrigine cause hair loss? I hope to hear back from you. Thank you again for the video. I am subscribing to your channel.
Sorry for your family loss. Hope your okay.
@@Seekingtruth-mx3ur Thank you so much for your kind wishes. I am doing better now, am no longer on those medications and my hair has definitely thickened, so I believe it was due to those two medications! I’m sure stress didn’t help.
@@SusannahPerri yeah It's definitely the bisphosphonates. I took like 4 doses of Fosamax and my bones were hurting,so I decided to stop. It's better to go the natural approach. Best wishes to you.
I've read in several articles that hair loss can be a side effect of fosomax for some people.
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That’s why I avoid all drugs, do my best with Weston Price style nutrition and weight training.