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Fosamax
Bone drug may hold hazards
May 20, 2006 | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Millions of midlife and older Americans rely on the medication Fosamax to stave off osteoporosis, a crippling disease that turns bones so brittle...
Painful jaw decay tied to osteoporosis drugs
May 5, 2006 | www.cbc.ca
Some drugs commonly used to prevent and treat osteoporosis can cause a painful and irreversible decay in the jaw in rare cases. Health Canada is...
Merck sued over Fosamax
Apr 13, 2006 | AP
Merck & Co, which is already facing a raft of cases over its pain reliever Vioxx, may need to hire additional attorneys to fight a recently filed...
Merck's Fosamax next legal battleground?
Apr 12, 2006 | UPI
In the wake of the recent $15 million Vioxx verdict, plaintiffs' attorneys are already setting their sights on Merck's Fosamax. That according to a...
Clinton woman suing Merck over problem with Fosamax
Apr 12, 2006 | www.wate.com
A Clinton woman is suing the drug maker Merck, claiming a drug it makes resulted in a side-effect she never imagined. As many people know, Merck is...
Jaw Complications May Be Linked to Bone-Saving Drugs
Jun 22, 2005 | www.rednova.com
Three months after Betty Beckman had a broken tooth pulled, her jaw still hasn't healed.So the Nebraska City woman travels each weekday to Omaha,...
Drug Linked To Death of Jawbone
Mar 13, 2005 | USA TODAY
Salvatore Ruggiero was puzzled.Over a three-year period, the jaws of dozens of patients who had undergone oral surgery at his hospital had failed to...
Jaw Disease Found in Patients Using Cancer Drug
Mar 4, 2005 | Daily News Central
A a common chemotherapy drug may cause a serious bone disease called "osteonecrosis of the jaw" (ONJ), according to doctors at Long Island Jewish...
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