In a woman taking the bone-building drug Fosamax... "Her femur didn't just break... it's literally snapped in two," a doctor said on ABC World News Tonight on Monday, March 8th, 2010.

Here is the video clip from the show.

I posted an article three days prior to the show titled "I would avoid 'bone-building' drugs Fosamax and Actonel like the plague" that is posted here. Read the entire article | Email this article

"I have been on Fosamax for over 10 years," writes Dorene Mansfield of Ontario, Oregon.

"[ I ] Had pain in my thigh for 3 years which I told my Doctor about every time I went in.

"After 3 years of terrible pain I walked out of a store on June10, 2009 and my femur gave out.

"I now have a rod in my left thigh.

"Sincerely Yours,

"Dorene Mansfield
"1115 Claude Road
"Ontario, Oregon 97914
"541-889-7727"

Dorene posted this as a comment to a video I posted about Fosamax causing bones to break.

Other articles about Fosamax are posted here. Read the entire article | Email this article

The “bone-building” drugs Fosamax (alendronate) and Actonel (risedronate) look like a disaster to me. I would avoid them like the plaque. Read the entire article | Email this article