Re: Fosamax and Osteo Necrosis of the Mandible

[Guest guest]

What a bummer!

I don't know anything about this, I'm sorry. I assume that you are in

contact with the places where the research is being done, or that

your docs are.

I'm wondering whether an orthopedist might have any answers to your

questions... Just a thought.

Good wishes to you, and I hope it gets resolved for you. I reckon,

though, that you should be glad that you folks found out about this

before surgery, rather than after.

Cammie

> I am a 54 year old woman from Boston who has been in braces for

over three

> years in preparation for upper/lower/genio on Dec. 8 in Santa

Barbara. I

> have taken Fosamax for osteopinea for 27 months. I was sent home

because my

> doctor has recently learned that Fosamax (alendronate sodium) can

cause

> osteo necrosis of the mandible (death of the jaw bone) which would

prevent

> healing from orthognathic surgery if I am one of the patients

affected. My

> doctor knows of no test to tell if a patient has the condition, nor

do he

> know the rate of incidence, or if the effects of Fosamax are

reversible if

> the patient stops taking the medication. At this point my surgeon

is

> planning to remove my braces and put me into heavy retention in

hope that

> research will be done and we can know if I am a candidate for the

surgery.

> Unfortunately, this could take years.

>

>

>

> I am aware that research is being done at the Univ. of Miami, Long

Island

> Jewish Medical Center, and the National University of Singapore,

but I know

> that some of you know something about this. I am grateful for any

thoughts

> or information you can provide me with during this unsettling

time. Hope

> you are all well and enjoying a joyous holiday season.

>

>

>

> in a Holding Pattern in New England

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

What a bummer!

I don't know anything about this, I'm sorry. I assume that you are in

contact with the places where the research is being done, or that

your docs are.

I'm wondering whether an orthopedist might have any answers to your

questions... Just a thought.

Good wishes to you, and I hope it gets resolved for you. I reckon,

though, that you should be glad that you folks found out about this

before surgery, rather than after.

Cammie

> I am a 54 year old woman from Boston who has been in braces for

over three

> years in preparation for upper/lower/genio on Dec. 8 in Santa

Barbara. I

> have taken Fosamax for osteopinea for 27 months. I was sent home

because my

> doctor has recently learned that Fosamax (alendronate sodium) can

cause

> osteo necrosis of the mandible (death of the jaw bone) which would

prevent

> healing from orthognathic surgery if I am one of the patients

affected. My

> doctor knows of no test to tell if a patient has the condition, nor

do he

> know the rate of incidence, or if the effects of Fosamax are

reversible if

> the patient stops taking the medication. At this point my surgeon

is

> planning to remove my braces and put me into heavy retention in

hope that

> research will be done and we can know if I am a candidate for the

surgery.

> Unfortunately, this could take years.

>

>

>

> I am aware that research is being done at the Univ. of Miami, Long

Island

> Jewish Medical Center, and the National University of Singapore,

but I know

> that some of you know something about this. I am grateful for any

thoughts

> or information you can provide me with during this unsettling

time. Hope

> you are all well and enjoying a joyous holiday season.

>

>

>

> in a Holding Pattern in New England

>

>

>

>