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baal:
Dear All,
Lately I have some problem with the Osteoporosis. Therefore I am taking calcium and vitamin D combination pills.
My doctor recommended to start taking "bisphosphonate". :huh
Any idea, experience with this ?
Thanks for your feedback.

Bye, Panos

Andy Battaglia:
Panos,

Bisphosphonates are a class of drugs used to rebuild bone mass that is lost to osteoporosis, which is common in thalassemics, especially as they age, regardless of supplementation with calcium and vitamin D and good chelation. (I do feel that more study should be done on the effect of large doses of vitamin D on improving bone mass). Some of these drugs are alendronate, pamidronate, and zoledronate, with zoledronate being the newest generation of the drugs and also shown to be the safest and most effective of these drugs that have been used with thalassemics. Do you know which drug the doctor has suggested?

baal:
hi andy

now i got the name...
it is called fosamax....
i start imediatli because my bones are very worst.....
did u know s about it?

Andy Battaglia:
Hi Panos,

Yes, Fosamax (alendronate sodium) is one of the oldest bone meds. Zoledronic acid is the 4th generation and newest of the bone meds. Many patients do well with Fosamax but some have side effects. See how you do with it but if you have any bad side effects, ask about Zoledronic acid. It is the most costly of the drugs so they try the others first, but it does have fewer reported side effects.

Zaini:
Good luck with Fosamax Panos  :goodluck

I think one of our memebers Umair is also using it? Umair! correct me if i am wrong?

Zaini.

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