A common-sense finding: vitamin D levels predict response to bone drugs
Over the last few weeks, two of my golfing buddies incidentally mentioned to me that their doctors took them off ...
FDA looking into bisphosphonate safety? Well it’s about time!
As I was heading to Maine for the weekend last Friday, two advisory panels of the Food and Drug Administration ...
Early New Year’s prediction: drug companies move into muscles
You’ve probably heard me say it before. Muscle and bone work as one single unit —when we build muscle, we build ...
Strange fractures with bisphosphonates
In a few weeks, I’ll be heading off to Toronto for the annual meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral ...
ABC News report: Fosamax can cause needless fractures
I hate to say "I told you so," but for years here at the Center for Better Bones, I've said that Fosamax and ...
Fosamax and breast cancer
Last December, many news outlets were reporting the latest finding to come from the 2002 Women’s Health Initiative ...
A chat with National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) folks
At the 2009 annual meeting of the American Society for Bone Mineral Research, I had the opportunity to chat with ...
Forteo follow-up: Three reports of osteosarcoma using this drug
If you saw my earlier blog on the osteoporosis drug Forteo™, you will recall that the drug was found to ...
One woman’s ordeal with osteoporosis medications: there’s a better way!
If you’re thinking about starting a medication for osteoporosis or are unhappy with your current drug regimen, ...
Is Forteo™ a new bone wonder drug? Not really!
Forteo™ is promoted as a rising star on the osteoporosis scene, a bone drug that actually builds new bone, ...
Oral alendronate (Fosamax®) use seriously increases the risk of severe dental complications
For some time now we have been hearing reports of strange jaw bone decay (osteonecrosis) associated with the use ...
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