Monday, February 25, 2008

FDA Posts MedWatch Side Effect Alert for Osteoporosis Drugs

"(NaturalNews) The FDA recently issued a statement that bisphosphonate drugs used to treat osteoporosis may cause 'severe and sometimes incapacitating bone, joint, and/or muscle pain'. The information was posted on the FDA MedWatch website, the agency's online adverse event reporting site, on January 7, 2008.

According to the FDA, symptoms of these adverse side effects can occur within days of taking the drug or arise years after taking bisphosphonates.

The bisphosphonates cited in Medwatch alert include.." click here to find out at Naturalnews.com