Side effects of infusion therapy for osteoporosis as with any prescription medication infusion therapy for osteoporosis may carry a risk of side effects mostly similar to those of the flu such as feeling tired muscle aches fever chills and diarrhea.
Treatment for osteoporosis side effects.
Your doctor will monitor your blood to make sure you have adequate calcium and vitamin d levels.
Like who wants to worry about breaking their bones while doing everyday activities.
The most common places for a bone to break are the spine wrist and hip but just about any bone can break since osteoporosis affects most of your skeleton.
Esophageal ulcers or swelling may be severe enough to cause bleeding and has resulted in hospitalization even death.
Intravenous forms of bisphosphonates don t cause stomach upset but can cause fever headache and muscle aches for up to three days.
Potential side effects of this osteoporosis treatment tend to involve your gastrointestinal tract including.
Gastrointestinal side effects such as abdominal pain constipation or diarrhea gas esophagus ulcer or stomach bloating may occur.
Estrogen sometimes paired with progestin was once commonly used to treat osteoporosis.
Irritation of the esophagus.
Osteoporosis is a scary disease.
Treatment for osteoporosis is complicated by the serious side effects that osteoporosis medications can.
Side effects include nausea abdominal pain and heartburn like symptoms.
I ve been doing a lot of research about treatment of osteoporosis and i m left with many questions and decisions to make.
What s more the risk.
Rare side effects like osteonecrosis of the jaw sound scary but treatment with osteoporosis drugs can protect you from broken bones and significant pain and disability.
It s now usually reserved for women at high risk of fracture who can t take other osteoporosis drugs.
Osteoporosis happens when your bone mass and bone density are below normal.
These are less likely to occur if the medicine is taken properly.