How a prescription can negatively affect you
If you have osteoporosis, then you know about the medical condition that causes bone density to deteriorate. You may also know that this condition affects over 10 million people currently living in America. Fortunately, there are treatments that can offer help and restore bone mass. Unfortunately, one of these widely prescribed drugs cause dangerous and deadly side effects.
Fosamax, manufactured by Merck & Co. Inc., has been found to cause ONJ and sudden and unusual bone fractures. Osteonecrosis or ONJ, is a disfiguring bone disease that affects your jaw bones and in extreme cases the jaw has to be removed. Fosamax has also been found to be the cause of peoples femur (thigh) bone breaking.
If you are currently prescribed Fosamax, you should talk to your doctor and discuss a new treatment to limit the damage you may have already suffered. If you have been injured by Fosamax, you should speak with a Fosamax lawyer as you might be entitled to compensation for your injury.