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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 301775" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I have a couple of aunts, four friends and several acquaintances who take those medications. My gastro doctor HIGHLY recommends fosamax. He and his wife both take it.</p><p></p><p>You do have to stay upright, have it a certain amt of time before you eat and also after you eat (say X hours after breakfast and Y hours before lunch). </p><p></p><p>If you do those things the risks are manageable. You DO have to have a decent amount of calcium in your system. these medications use the calcium in your body to strengthen your bones. If your calcium is low the pain is excruciating and all over.</p><p></p><p>There are risks, often severe ones, to every single medication. The NSAIDS we use for pain relief (ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, orudis, etc...) have HUGE risks for digestive tract problems. It isn't well publicized but people can end up in the hospital or worse simply by taking the NSAIDS, esp at the prescription levels. Risks are FAR greater with NSAID usage for pain control than with opiates used for pain control. (I have done a LOT of research on this and NSAIDS terrify me, esp with a daughter who is constantly spraining something!)</p><p></p><p>If your bones continue to weaken do you know what will happen? Not only do you lose bone mass and have increased risk of broken bones. You also have a LOT of pain. The bones can weaken as they demineralize, causing osteomalacia. I have osteomalacia. I cannot sit for more than about 40 minutes at a time. Standing I can manage for about an hour. Sitting for more than 5 minutes causes incredible pain in my hips. </p><p></p><p>ALL from the bone weakening.</p><p></p><p>I urge you to look into the problems that go along with the bone density changes with ALL of your docs. Tell each one what the others say and try to figure out a happy medium that you can be comfortable with.</p><p></p><p>Osteoporosis is pretty scary to me. I hope you can turn it around so the bones do not become very painful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 301775, member: 1233"] I have a couple of aunts, four friends and several acquaintances who take those medications. My gastro doctor HIGHLY recommends fosamax. He and his wife both take it. You do have to stay upright, have it a certain amt of time before you eat and also after you eat (say X hours after breakfast and Y hours before lunch). If you do those things the risks are manageable. You DO have to have a decent amount of calcium in your system. these medications use the calcium in your body to strengthen your bones. If your calcium is low the pain is excruciating and all over. There are risks, often severe ones, to every single medication. The NSAIDS we use for pain relief (ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, orudis, etc...) have HUGE risks for digestive tract problems. It isn't well publicized but people can end up in the hospital or worse simply by taking the NSAIDS, esp at the prescription levels. Risks are FAR greater with NSAID usage for pain control than with opiates used for pain control. (I have done a LOT of research on this and NSAIDS terrify me, esp with a daughter who is constantly spraining something!) If your bones continue to weaken do you know what will happen? Not only do you lose bone mass and have increased risk of broken bones. You also have a LOT of pain. The bones can weaken as they demineralize, causing osteomalacia. I have osteomalacia. I cannot sit for more than about 40 minutes at a time. Standing I can manage for about an hour. Sitting for more than 5 minutes causes incredible pain in my hips. ALL from the bone weakening. I urge you to look into the problems that go along with the bone density changes with ALL of your docs. Tell each one what the others say and try to figure out a happy medium that you can be comfortable with. Osteoporosis is pretty scary to me. I hope you can turn it around so the bones do not become very painful. [/QUOTE]
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