Bone Drugs cause bone breaks?

FYI
This was on the CNN website today:
pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/14/bone-drugs-may-cause-fractures-fda-warns/?hpt=T2

i have no opinion on this yet but I do know that Biphosphinates do have some serious side effects. Anyone on hormonal deprivation therapy is likely also taking a biphosphinate (probably should be at least) such as Fosamax (sodium alendronate) or like drug. I had been on sodium alendronate weekly while on Lupron.

Just a note:
Nick Vogelzang spoke at length about the positive side of these drugs during extensive HT therapies. He said that they outweigh the negative side which included NJB or necrosis of the jawbone. The reason men with prostate cancer who are on HT will take biphosphinates is to prevent osteoporoses which is a more serious issue that NJB or femur breaks as alluded to in this article. But if these are such possibilities then we should be aware of them.

Tony

Well stated. And this is yet probably another good entry point for supplementing with Vitamin D3. It is well known that D3 helps promote healthy bones. The moment my oncologist put me on HT he stated to take at least 2000IU per day of D3. I have heard as high as 6000IU from Myers et al. Not just for it's performance against cancer, but it is a great deterrent to onsetting osteoporosis.

Tony