Fox News - Fair & Balanced

Bisphosphonates

�?????�????�???�??�?� 
More Headlines »« Less Headlines

RelatedTopics

  1. Osteoporosis
  2. OTC Drugs
  3. FDA Alerts
  4. Vemurafenib
Get updates on Bisphosphonates
Bone drugs Fosamax , Reclast prevent more fractures than any they may cause, study suggests

A new study gives reassuring news about the safety of Fosamax and Reclast, bone-building drugs taken by millions of American women. It found that long-term use does not significantly raise the risk of a rare type of fracture near the hip.On balance, these drugs prevent far more fractures than any they may cause when used to treat the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis, said the study's leader, Dr. Dennis Black of the University of California, San Francisco."If we treated 1,000 osteoporotic women for three years, we estimate you would prevent 100 fractures," at a possible cost of one or fewer of the unusual bone breaks examined in this study, he said.Results were published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine.Lots of older people, especially postmenopausal women, take these drugs, called bisphosphonates. They range in cost from $100 for a three-month supply of the generic version of Merck & Co. Inc.'s Fosamax pills to as much as $1,200 for an infusion of Novartis AG's...

Read More ›

  1. Study: Bone-Building Drugs May Prevent Breast Cancer

    New results from a large women's health study suggest that bone-building drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel might help prevent breast cancer.Women who already were ta...

  2. Study: Drugs to strengthen bones may slightly raise the chances of throat cancer

    LONDON (AP) — People who take bone-strengthening drugs for several years may have a slightly higher risk of esophageal cancer , a new study suggests.The findings are...

  3. FDA Warns of Fractures With Osteoporosis Drugs

    Government health officials warned doctors and patients Wednesday about an increased risk of thigh bone fractures with a widely-used group of bone-strengthening drug...

  4. New U.S. Guideline Would Expand Bone Density Testing

    Under a new set of guidelines proposed by an influential U.S. panel, more women would be eligible for bone density tests to detect the bone-thinning disease osteopor...

  5. Fosamax Timetable

    How long should a woman take the osteoporosis drug Fosamax ?

  6. Common Bone Drugs Linked to Esophageal Cancer Risk

    People who take a commonly used class of osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates for more than five years may be doubling their risk of developing cancer of the gu...

  7. More Unusual, Fewer Usual Breaks With Bone Drugs

    Women who take bone drugs for several years have a slightly increased chance of suffering an unusual type of thigh fracture, according to a large Canadian study.The ...

  8. Bone Drug Tied to Lower Colon Cancer Risk

    A new study adds to evidence that bone drugs may play a role in suppressing cancer development, although there is still no proof that taking the medications would st...

  9. FDA Issues Warnings About Boniva and Avandia

    Warnings for two popular prescription drugs used by millions of Americans to treat osteoporosis and diabetes

  10. Rare Leg Fractures Tied to Osteoporosis Drug

    A class of widely prescribed drugs used to prevent and treat osteoporosis is indeed associated with an unusual type of thigh fracture, according to a large just-publ...

  11. Doctors use hormones more often than prescribe them

    Doctors may be more willing to use hormone replacement therapy (HRT), or recommend it to their wives, than to prescribe it to their patients, a study of German gynec...

  12. FDA panel votes to remove long-used osteoporosis drug over cancer risk

    A panel of federal health experts says a long-established bone strengthening drug should no longer be used by women because there is little evidence it works and it ...

  1. No link seen between bone drugs, colon cancer

    Women who use certain bone-building drugs may not have a decreased risk of colon cancer, a new study finds -- despite prior evidence suggesting the drugs might offer...

  2. Bone drugs linked to rare thigh fractures

    Widely used osteoporosis drugs such as Fosamax and Actonel significantly raise the risk for a rare but serious thigh fracture and that risk rises the longer patients...

  3. FDA approves generic Boniva for osteoporosis

    The first generic versions of Roche's bone-strengthening drug Boniva have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration .Boniva, known generically as ibandr...

  4. FDA Advisers Consider Time Limit for Bone Drugs

    Health advisers are considering a time limit for taking a class of drugs used by millions of women to prevent bone fractures, due to concerns over unusual fractures ...

  5. Bone Drug Zometa Flops in Breast Cancer Study

    One of the most promising new approaches for fighting breast cancer took a stunning setback Thursday when a major study showed that a bone-building drug did not stop...

  6. Bone Drug Boosts Breast Cancer Survival

    Doctors were mostly hoping to prevent complications and relapses when they gave young women a medicine to keep their bones strong during breast cancer treatment. Sev...

  7. Widespread use of prescription steroids draws worry

    Many Americans are on oral steroids for years without getting therapy to minimize the extra fracture risk that accompanies the potent drugs, according to a new study...

‹ Prev12345Next ›