lind01

lostgrrl - According to Dr. John Lee and Dr. Mercola, Fosamax is a poison acid, the same substance folks use to remove soap scum from their bathtub. When you take it, it poisons the osteoclasts that purge your bones of dead cells to make room for the osteoblasts to create new cells. For several years, your bone density scans will show increased density because the dead bone is not being purged, but 4 years after you begin taking it, your bones are weaker than when you began. Unfortunately, there are many really bad side effects to this poison. Two women I know have had something like ministrokes or seizures - their doctors can't figure out exactly what, but they fall down in some sort of episode. They also gag easily, are confused in their minds and forgetful, have digestive problems and troubles with vision, all of which never occurred before they began taking Fosamax. One has agreed to stop taking it, the other says she won't stop unless her doctor says it's OK to stop!!! She hasn't yet learned that most doctors do not investigate meds - they just accept what the drug companies tell them, so you have to do your own homework. I expect that if you quit taking it and drink acidophilus milk and/or eat yogurt along with good exercise, you will not have continuing side effects and will be the healthier for it. Try it. Fosamax should not be on the market, and I suspect, like Vioxx, it will be removed. The same company (Merck) makes both, but Merck will want to make their billions off it first. Lindajo