Is Boniva an example of the "Death Panels" Republicans keep talking about? - bone density drugs

"... Boniva convenient, safe. But as the video explains that Adwatch convenience has its price because it costs you about 10 times strangely, the cost of similar drug alendronate (the generic version of Fosamax). I, that the supporters of the Boniva, Roche and GlaxoSmithKline can not afford a big star names to invest in order to promote it. Interestingly, studies show that Boniva is as effective as other bisphosphonates. If you can not tolerate a model of weekly administration of try to understand, the first generic, even if it means you do not have the same drug that Sally.

And if you really need the medication first. Although there is no evidence that bisphosphonates reduce the risk of fractures in people with osteoporosis, there is concern in the medical community that more people take the drugs they need, partly due to osteoporosis, before "-" Osteoporosis Diagnostic Category , for the values of bisphosphonates is less clear. This means that millions of postmenopausal women with low bone density, but not OsteoporTSO would be to the risks of drugs such as heartburn are exposed, damage to the jaw inflammation of the eye and vision damage. If the latter two are rare side effects that seems to fade, however Boniva ... "

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