Consumer Alert Update: FOSAMAX®

Spring 2011

Thousands of Americans have been taking the prescription drug FOSAMAX® since 1995 for treatment and prevention of osteopenia and osteoporosis. On October 13, 2010, the FDA issued a warning to physicians caring for patients taking FOSAMAX® noting that all FOSAMAX® and other bisphosphonates have been associated with atypical fractures to the femur.[1] Women are especially at high risk of suffering these fractures. [2] Patients typically require immediate surgery including placement of orthopedic hardware such as plates and screws and are subject to a very slow recovery process. Our attorneys are handling cases involving both jaw problems and femur fractures caused by FOSAMAX®.

[1]U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Possible Increased Risk of Thigh Bone Fracture with Bisphosphonates (October 14, 2010), available at http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm229171.html.
[2]Laura Y. Park-Wyllie, PharmD, MSc, et. Al.,Bisphosphonate Use and the Risk of Subtrochanteric or Femoral Shaft Fractures in Older Women, JAMA, Vol. 305, No. 6 (Feb. 23, 2011).

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