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FDA Statement on ASBMR report: Possible Increased Risk of Certain Types of Thigh Bone Fractures with Long-Term Bisphosphonates U by FDA as bisphosphonates and a rare but serious type of fracture of the thigh bone (femur). The report includes a case definition that describes the atypical features of these unusual femur fractures. FDA believes this case...

Study Links Long-Term Use Of Osteoporosis Drugs To Unusual Fractures by Ed H. Doctor of Pharmacy

However, the drugs do prevent hip fractures. And, since the overall risk of thigh bone fractures caused by the drugs is low, women at high risk for hip and other osteoporosis-related fractures...

Updates on Bone Necrosis and Fractures from Bone Drugs by Pam Patient Expert

used by 190 million women worldwide to help prevent bone fractures due to osteoporosis. It is also the first... or permanent discontinuation of the drug. Another report on bones concerns spontaneous fractures...

Bone Drugs Linked to Broken Femur by Pam Patient Expert

but without the extremely fragile bones of people with the full-blown condition,” says the NYT. The fractures are highly unusual because they are occurring in the long bone of the thigh, one of the strongest bones of the body...

People with celiac disease have increased bone fracture risk and other bone problems by Alison S. Patient Expert

For anyone with bone density problems, bone fractures, osteoporosis, osteopenia... in his spine, and he reported that he had several bone fractures as a child. Tests revealed low bone density...

Dementia, Accusations, and Fractured Fairy Tales by Bob DeMarco Patient Expert

Reading Room It is not unusual for Alzheimer's and dementia patients to make false accusations.... I began to deal with the problem of accusation by thinking of my mother's brain as being "fractured...

FDA Says Osteoporosis Drugs Cause Femur Fractures by Jeffrey Dach MD by Jeffrey Dach MD Medical Doctor

: September 14, 2010 Panel Says May be Related to Unusual Thigh Bone Fractures... . They found that almost all women suffering from atypical mid-femur fracture were taking bisphosphonates (American Society of Bone...

A week ago I began to have some foot pain with two knots on the top of my foot. Could this be a sign of a stress fracture?

A stress fracture is caused by unusual or repeated stress and continuous weight on the ankle. Typically a stress fracture occurs in weight-bearing bones, for example the tibia (bone of the lower leg

"Significantly Higher Bone Fracture Risk" for HIV-infected Patients by Dr. J. Mariano Anto Bruno M. Medical Doctor

which claims the HIV infection puts patients at a considerably higher risk of bone fractures. “Previous... significant increase in bone fractures among HIV-infected patients, using data from a large healthcare system...

Bone Fracture Risk Doubles After Obesity Surgery by DiseaseProof Medical Doctor

Speaking at this year’s The Endocrine Society's annual meeting, scientists say bone fracture... participants endured a total of 31 fractures. The risk for hand and foot fractures was the most elevated...