Just starting Risedronate
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I would like to know of others' experience of Risedronate; I have just started it, and it makes me feel terrible for 1-3 days afterwards (bone pain, stiffness, flu like feelings). I read that some of the side effects can fade as one becomes used to the drug. Is this true - and if not, are the infusions more tolerable? I am 62, and have just been diagnosed with osteoporosis.
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kathleen65757 isonbeatrice
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I am now trying the natural route by taking magnesium, vitamin D3, and keeping up calcium levels. K vitamin is another important one which is in yoghurt and cheese especially.
Do your research and make a decision based on feedback here and your own situation.
isonbeatrice kathleen65757
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kathleen65757 isonbeatrice
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Whether I decide to take them in the future will depend on future results and if a safer option arrives along.
Do you know that some bones are made more brittle? Apparently the best thing would be to grow new bone which these medications do not do.
We are supposed to be able to do that but old age interferes with the process.
It is a hard one.
kathleen65757 isonbeatrice
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isonbeatrice kathleen65757
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kathleen65757 isonbeatrice
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We have to be cleared by a dentist here in Australia so that gave me time to think about it which she advised anyway.
I know I will have teeth to come out in the future. Also, even is only some of the concerns are valid it gives me pause.
Maybe I will relent at some point but reluctantly.
Soozib kathleen65757
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I am still resolved to try anything rather than take bisphosphates. The more questions I ask, the more people I find who have had unpleasant side effects. The number of people taking these drugs must be huge. I accept that there may be a vociferous anti-drug community and that I am probably leaning that way, but I am not convinced that the drugs strengthen bones without making them more brittle. My broken knee is healing nicely and I am doing all I can in the gym to get really fit. I am also paying attention to my diet and will see what happens in a year or so when I ask for another scan.