FDA Investigating Possible Fosamax-Related Femur Fractures

Written On March 10, 2010 By Bob Kraft

If you saw the ABC World News report this week showing the frightening femur fractures that some women who have been using the bisphosphonate drug Fosamax (alendronate) to fight osteoporosis are now suffering, you won’t soon forget it. ABC’s Richard Besser, MD, explained the drug may “limit…bone’s natural ability to protect itself from stress.” He continued, “In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration raised the issue with Merck” which, more than a year later, “added information on the package insert” warning of the possibility of “low energy femoral shaft and subtrochanteric fractures.’” Still, Besser noted, the agency has “never made an effort to inform the public or doctors across the country who are prescribing this drug of this possible side effect,” but said it is “looking into reports of the fractures.”

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2 Comments For This Post

  1. Jean Kashmer
    March 10th, 2010 | 7:06 am

    I have just come through months of excruciating pain and disability. Before getting a clear diagnosis of multiple fractures in my pelvis I was scheduled for a hip replacement. Months of physical therapy and massage therapy resulted in more fractures. However this therapy was prescribed to prepare me for the hip replacement. After a ridiculous number of x rays and scans it was realized I would not be able to sustain the replacement because of the multiple ractures. Why was I fracturing–multiple fractures were found in my pelvis and ribs. After seeing a endocrinologist specializing in bone mineralization I was told the the 10 plus years that I have been on Fosamax is probably the reason for these fractures. I have now been off the fosamax since the week before Christmas and I am in so much less pain and no longer in need of a cane or walker to help me get around. I would love to know if others have had fractures of the pelvis, ribs not only the femur or jaw which is being talked about now. Thank you

  2. Bob Kraft
    March 10th, 2010 | 10:50 am

    Thank you for your comment Ms. Kashmer. I am very sorry to learn of these many problems.

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