Topics about the adverse side effects of Fosamax are everywhere online.  From authority websites, to blogs, and forums, Merck’s osteoporosis drug has become one of the most talked about bisphosphonates in town.  This is not actually surprising considering the hundreds of thousands Americans who are under the drug’s medication.

To get you into the loop of the latest Fosamax buzz this week, I compiled some recent news below that directly mentions Fosamax.  Enjoy reading the rest of the details by clicking the links.

Osteoporosis medications in patients with kidney disease

To minimize the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progressing to end-stage renal disease (ESRD), such osteoporosis medications as alendronate (Fosamax) and ibandronate (Boniva) are contraindicated in individuals whose glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is <30%. But is it safe to restart these medications once stage 5 CKD (or dialysis) has been reached? — Jason Tiede, PA, Edmond, Okla.  Read more at http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/osteoporosis-medications-in-patients-with-kidney-disease/article/221711/.

Patients With Normal Bone Density Can Delay Retests, Study Suggests

A class of drugs, bisphosphonates, which includes Fosamax, has been found to prevent fractures in people with osteoporosis. But medical experts no longer recommend the medicines to prevent osteoporosis itself. They no longer want women to take them indefinitely, and no longer consider bone density measurements the sole defining factor in deciding if a woman needs to be treated.  Read more at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/health/bone-density-tests-for-osteoporosis-can-wait-study-says.html?_r=1.

US Drug Watchdog Calls Its Osteoporosis Drug Fosamax Initiative & Women Who Have Had A Unexplainable Femur Fracture One Of Its Most Important Ever 

The US Drug Watchdog is trying to identify every woman in the United States, who has been using, any type of osteoporosis drug, or the osteoporosis drug called Fosamax for at least five years, and then for some unexplained reason, they suffered a broken femur, thighbone, or what is called a atypical thigh fracture.   Read more at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/01/19/prweb9116734.DTL.

 


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