One of the experts I try to point folks to is Vivian Goldschmidt. She is one smart women and her is mission to save our bones and do it so we stay healthy enough to use them. After a diagnosis of osteoporosis and some long, awful months on a prescription drug which completely ruined her quality of life and threatened her health she decided to do something differently. She became an expert in the holistic approach in keeping our bones healthy and flexible as well as the many drugs being pushed by well meaning docs and the maybe not so well meaning Big Pharma. 

Well today’s blog post from Vivian has some startling news on these drugs–Fosomax, Didronel, Actonel, and Boniva–are all implicated in sickness, tumorous cancers, and even death. Who’s reporting these claims? The FDA, an article published in JAMA, and even this found in the January 1st issue of Journal of the American Dental Association,  “even short-term oral use of alendronate (Fosamax) led to osteonecrosis of the jaw.”

WOW, now please use this link and head over to Vivian’s blog and read the full post. It will make you think if you are taking one of these drugs or it has been suggested that you do. 

If you want to know how to strengthen your bones without these drugs Vivian has a great book

. I encourage you to learn all you can about how to naturally care for your skeleton and keep yourself flexible. Her book has diet recommendations as well as how to supplement with what. You may be surprised to find that “Got Milk” may translate into “Got Bone Problems.” But don’t take my word, go visit the expert.

Please share your experiences with these drugs if you are on them.