Comments on: Fosamax class action lawsuit filed in Canada http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/06/21/fosamax-class-action-lawsuit/ Saiontz, Kirk & Miles personal injury and medical malpractice lawyers. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:11:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: cynthia http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/06/21/fosamax-class-action-lawsuit/#comment-16819 cynthia Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:19:52 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/06/21/fosamax-class-action-lawsuit/#comment-16819 kathleen, without reviewing my notes, and timeline of problems/teeth issues, i think i took it about 2 years. keep in mind it has a long half life, and stays in your body at least 10 years after stopping the med. doc tried to get me to take boniva, took one pill, and stopped!!!!! dentists are downplaying the significance of possible problems with patients taking these meds. even the first periodontist i saw, who did the extraction, kepts telling me after over a year, he didn't understand why i wasn't healing properly, and kept x-raying my mouth. i told him each time i saw him i had takng actenol, but he wanted to believe problems could occur with folks who got the drug IV, while taking chemo......finally got a second opinion. pathology report confirmed diagnoses of osteonecrosis..... cynthia kathleen,
without reviewing my notes, and timeline of problems/teeth issues, i think i took it about 2 years. keep in mind it has a long half life, and stays in your body at least 10 years after stopping the med. doc tried to get me to take boniva, took one pill, and stopped!!!!!

dentists are downplaying the significance of possible problems with patients taking these meds. even the first periodontist i saw, who did the extraction, kepts telling me after over a year, he didn’t understand why i wasn’t healing properly, and kept x-raying my mouth. i told him each time i saw him i had takng actenol, but he wanted to believe problems could occur with folks who got the drug IV, while taking chemo……finally got a second opinion. pathology report confirmed diagnoses of osteonecrosis…..

cynthia

]]> By: Kathleen W http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/06/21/fosamax-class-action-lawsuit/#comment-16654 Kathleen W Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:07:53 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/06/21/fosamax-class-action-lawsuit/#comment-16654 Cynthia, How long did you take the bisphosphonate? Cynthia,
How long did you take the bisphosphonate?

]]> By: cynthia http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/06/21/fosamax-class-action-lawsuit/#comment-14243 cynthia Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:00:26 +0000 http://www.youhavealawyer.com/blog/2007/06/21/fosamax-class-action-lawsuit/#comment-14243 All the bisphosphonate meds- including actenol, boniva, etc., need to be used with caution, due to the possibility of osteonecrosis of the jaw. Why is it that just the fosamax lawsuits are getting all the attention???? And why aren't dentists routinely asking patients if they are on these meds? Aren't they liable in some way if it is on patients chart they are taking these meds, and still ignore the possibility of osteonecrosis and perform a dental procedure??? Mad? You bet I am. Dentists and periodontists are not reading their medical journals. It took over a year after tooth extraction with no healing for the periodontist to start wondering why, this, even after I told him I thought it was due to having taking actenol...A second opinion and pathology report confirmed my suspicions. I'd rather risk a broken bone than having been diagnosed with osteonecrosis. And the FDA needs to be held accountable as well as the drug companies and healthcare providers. Be scared, very scared of these meds. All the bisphosphonate meds- including actenol, boniva, etc., need to be used with caution, due to the possibility of osteonecrosis of the jaw. Why is it that just the fosamax lawsuits are getting all the attention???? And why aren’t dentists routinely asking patients if they are on these meds? Aren’t they liable in some way if it is on patients chart they are taking these meds, and still ignore the possibility of osteonecrosis and perform a dental procedure??? Mad? You bet I am. Dentists and periodontists are not reading their medical journals. It took over a year after tooth extraction with no healing for the periodontist to start wondering why, this, even after I told him I thought it was due to having taking actenol…A second opinion and pathology report confirmed my suspicions. I’d rather risk a broken bone than having been diagnosed with osteonecrosis. And the FDA needs to be held accountable as well as the drug companies and healthcare providers. Be scared, very scared of these meds.

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