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Below are Boniva (Ibandronic Acid) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 2 ratings/reviews, Boniva has an overall score of 2. The effectiveness score is 5 and the side effect score is 3. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | Boniva review by 60 year old female patient | | Rating |
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Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | Treatment Info |
Condition / reason: | | preventing osteoporosis |
Dosage & duration: | | 150 mg taken once monthly for the period of 3 months |
Other conditions: | | none |
Other drugs taken: | | nothing regularly | | Reported Results |
Benefits: | | Was to prevent thinning of bones |
Side effects: | | Nauseau, increasing in severity each time Boniva was taken. By the third month, even with waiting a couple of hours after taking the pill before any food was consumed, the food did not stay down at all. Before eating, it was like dry heaves and it was hoped food would alleviate those. It didn't work. Felt miserable for most of the rest of the day |
Comments: | | Take one Boniva once a month. |
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| Boniva review by 59 year old male patient | | Rating |
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Effectiveness: | | Ineffective |
Side effects: | | Extremely Severe Side Effects | | Treatment Info |
Condition / reason: | | osteoporosis |
Dosage & duration: | | 250 mg taken once a mo for the period of once |
Other conditions: | | Liver transplant survivor |
Other drugs taken: | | Prograf, Cellcept, Fludrocortisone, occasional Vicodin | | Reported Results |
Benefits: | | None. Due to side effects I was only able to take a single dose. I am now hoping that I do not have permanent damage from the single dose. Time will tell. |
Side effects: | | Extreme agonizing bone pain in neck and ribs; high fever for 1 1/2 days; debilitating pain in shoulder and neck to the point that I could not get out of bed for 4 days. I subsequently read that it can aggravate previous injuries where bones have been broken or damaged. I had an earlier neck injury and compression fractures in my spine. I believe these old injuries were antagonized by the Boniva. |
Comments: | | In order to counteract the side effects I took Benadryl for a possible allergic reaction and Prednisone to reduce inflammation. Had to take 2 Tylenol every 6 hours for pain. This drug has not had anywhere near enough testing. In the aftermath of my experience I have now heard for 4 seperate people that they know or heard of someone with a bad Boniva experience. This drug was once a solvent / cleaning product in industry. How on earth did it ever get fed to mammals to see the effect on bone loss / bone growth? I will never take it again, even if I wind up only 4 feet tall. It is a horrible drug. |
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