Nursing Homes Abuse Blog - Study Links Commonly Prescribed Osteoporosis Drugs To An Increase In Hip Fractures - Comments http://www.nursinghomesabuseblog.com/ Jonathan Rosenfeld's Nursing Homes Abuse Blog : Jonathan Rosenfeld's Nursing Homes Abuse Blog | Lawyer & Attorney : Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers | Bed Sores, Senior Neglect, Elder Abuse, Sexual Abuse: Chicago, Illinois en Copyright 2011 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:55:43 -0600 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:55:43 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss irene weinrot There are many of us who have networked on line who have sustained a subtrochanteric fx as a result of long term Fosamax (just one of many bisphosphonates) the treatment for that is an intermedullary rod or nail not a plate as you describe.
thak you
Irene Weinrot

]]> http://www.nursinghomesabuseblog.com/broken-bones/study-links-commonly-prescribed-osteoporosis-drugs-to-an-increase-in-hip-fractures/#19540 http://www.nursinghomesabuseblog.com/broken-bones/study-links-commonly-prescribed-osteoporosis-drugs-to-an-increase-in-hip-fractures/#19540 Broken BonesHip Fracture Tue, 04 May 2010 06:06:11 -0600 Jonathan Rosenfeld Rita Prassa I and my daughter both have sustained femur fractures but not from falls. In my case my right leg had pain for almost a year. Then one evening I got up from my chair, took a step and my right femur broke and I then fell to the floor. In my daughter's case she has cerebral palsy and is not ambulatory. She was being turned in bed by her caregiver. We both were taking Fosamax for over ten years for ostioperosis. Neither of us has had a fracture from a fall.

Rita Prassa May 4, 2010 12:34 PM

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I stand corrected with respect to the intramedullary rod as treatment for subtrochanteric fractures. Thank you for pointing this out.

If you don't mind, can you share the name of your on-line community so others can get support?

Jonathan

]]> http://www.nursinghomesabuseblog.com/broken-bones/study-links-commonly-prescribed-osteoporosis-drugs-to-an-increase-in-hip-fractures/#19542 http://www.nursinghomesabuseblog.com/broken-bones/study-links-commonly-prescribed-osteoporosis-drugs-to-an-increase-in-hip-fractures/#19542 Broken BonesHip Fracture Tue, 04 May 2010 06:06:11 -0600 Jonathan Rosenfeld Kay M Datesman After 12 years on Fosamax I "suffered" (and it was very painful) a low energy, subtrochanter fracture of the femor. I was standing up when it occured, prior X-Rays were negative for stress fracture.I received an IM Rod. I fear tha extended care patients will fall victim to overuse of the bisphosphonates and may go as an overlooked statistic unless a greater awareness is created. thank you. Kay M Datesman

]]> http://www.nursinghomesabuseblog.com/broken-bones/study-links-commonly-prescribed-osteoporosis-drugs-to-an-increase-in-hip-fractures/#19543 http://www.nursinghomesabuseblog.com/broken-bones/study-links-commonly-prescribed-osteoporosis-drugs-to-an-increase-in-hip-fractures/#19543 Broken BonesHip Fracture Tue, 04 May 2010 06:06:11 -0600 Jonathan Rosenfeld Vicki Steensma After a 10-year usage of Fosamax, I suffered two broken femur and a broken vertebrae within a four-month period. I had been prescribed the drug as a preventive medicine when I was 50 years old. I never had osteoporosis, but as a result of taking the bisphosphonate drug for such an extended period of time, my bones are chalk sticks. I am a member of the online support group for victims of this drug who have indeed suffered at least one fracture. Dr. Jennifer Schneider, herself a victim, began the group in 2008. You may contact her at: jennifer@jenniferschneider.com

]]> http://www.nursinghomesabuseblog.com/broken-bones/study-links-commonly-prescribed-osteoporosis-drugs-to-an-increase-in-hip-fractures/#19544 http://www.nursinghomesabuseblog.com/broken-bones/study-links-commonly-prescribed-osteoporosis-drugs-to-an-increase-in-hip-fractures/#19544 Broken BonesHip Fracture Tue, 04 May 2010 06:06:11 -0600 Jonathan Rosenfeld Nancy O I was standing in my kitchen, took a quick step back toward the sink, heard a loud crack and fell to the floor with part of my left leg on the floor and part sticking up in the air. It hurts to break a femur. It hurts more when a drug that was supposed to help actually causes many months of agony. Additionally, the bone is not healing well due to Fosamax. Prior to the fall, I had several months of leg pain and was walking with a limp. Watch for signs and talk to your doctor. I did not have osteoporosis but took this mediciine to prevent bone loss. Ha!

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Clarita Odvina MD reported nine cases of spontaneous femur fracture on Fosamax. Dr. Goh, a doctor in Singapore, identified nine more cases in his 2007 report of subtrochanteric femur fractures with minimal trauma in women on long term Fosamax. Joseph M Lane MD reported 15 cases of spontaneous femur fracture in women on Fosamax with a unique radiographic pattern. How many more case reports do we need?

Perhaps we should re-evaluate a drug that causes spontaneous mid femur fractures, jaw necrosis, and diffuse bone and joint pain. The FIT study, published in JAMA in 1998, was a double blind placebo controlled study which failed to reveal these adverse side effects, indicating a flawed drug approval process.
for more see: http://www.drdach.com/Fosamax_Fractures.html

jeffrey dach md

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