Why should you NOT use the drugs prescribed for Osteoporosis
Channel: IMPractitioners
Date: 24/06/2011

http://preventosteoporosis-improveyourbones.com/why-should-you-not-use-the-drugs-prescribed-for-osteoporosis/ Although prescribed to 30 million Americans each year, the bisphosphonate patent medicines (the oral forms, including Fosamax®, Boniva®, Actonel®, and the latest additions to the bisphosphonate arsenal, the once yearly IV-administered patent medicines Reclast® and Aclasta®), are well known to be dangerous.
 
The bisphosphonate patent medicines suppress the activity of osteoclasts, the body's specialized cells whose job it is to remove worn out, injured, or otherwise damaged bone. This is a task that must be taken care of before such weakened bone can be replaced with new strong bone. Moreover, the bisphosphonates don't just inhibit, they virtually crush all new bone formation.
 
In the jaw, bisphosphonates' prevention of normal bone remodeling results in the accumulation of dying bone and its eventual exposure to the inside of the mouth, along with greatly increased risk of oral infection.
 
A number of recent studies, including a meta-analysis of four studies involving more than 26,000 postmenopausal women, have now reported that bisphosphonates increase risk for "serious atrial fibrillation"—that is, an erratic, irregular heartbeat, by more than 150%. In other words, those at risk for serious side effects from bisphosphonates include not only women aged 60 and older who might need dental work, but also anyone with heart disease or diabetes—or more than one-third of the entire US adult population.
 
Numerous other adverse effects have also been reported, including:
 ■erosions and ulcerations of the esophagus (throat);
 ■damage to the lining of the gastrointestinal tract;
 ■esophageal cancer;
 ■increased risk of stress fractures in bones;
 ■influenza-like illness; and
 ■myalgia (severe muscle pain)

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