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Re: Bisphosphonates
Cutie Pie
I looked this up and here is what I found. If you give biphosphanates for 3 years to 1000 women you will prevent 100 bone fractures including 11 hip fractures. The author states "even if the rate of Hip fracture were increased by 3 times normal only 1 woman in 1000 will get a hip fracture. Yes, Fosomax can rarely cause hip fracture,, but it is 9 or ten times more likely to prevent a fracture. Everything is risk vs benefit a nd the benefit seems to very much outway the risk. No guarantees of course, but the statistics are in your favor. Apparently Fosomax can also rarely cause hair loss. i wasnt aware of this. You can drive yourself crazy looking at rare but possible side effects. Hope this helps.
Paul
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