Zoledronic acid for Prevention of Osteoporosis User Reviews (Page 3)

Brand names: Reclast, Zometa, Aclasta

Zoledronic acid has an average rating of 4.1 out of 10 from a total of 59 reviews for the treatment of Prevention of Osteoporosis. 29% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 59% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Zoledronic acid

Patsy
Taken for 1 to 2 years
June 19, 2022

"Had zoledronic acid infusion in March 2021 and collapsed straight after it was given and went into hospital with high blood pressure. Sent home but back again 6 weeks later. Have been ill ever since, now on blood pressure tablets but very unsteady and cannot go out without assistance. My life is on hold am in my eighties so missing doing my own gardening. Feel I am a burden on my family."

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Animal...
Taken for less than 1 month
November 25, 2019

"Had my injection at the end of October 2019 that evening had severe chills, headache, bone pain and vomiting with no appetite. Symptoms lasted about 4 days with bone pain a little better it’s been a month still have bone pain, very weak, and tired hate the way I feel not sure if I’m going to do it again. I also had blurred vision with my eye lids becoming so dry and itched severely"

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Mary
Taken for less than 1 month
July 20, 2022

Reclast (zoledronic acid) "I was very nervous about the Reclast infusion, but I really like the idea of helping my bones. I prepared by drinking lots of water the day before and took a Tylenol that night. More water and another Tylenol the morning of, had the infusion, and felt fine. Figured the side effects would come that night, but they didn’t. Today, which is the day after, I have felt slightly headachy, no ambition, kind of hungover without the gastric problems. I don’t get it. Thrilled to be feeling so not horrible and I believe everyone who has another story here, but really, so far it’s ok. Hope it works. I can’t rate it now because it’s only been 32 hours."

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Catlady
Taken for 1 to 6 months
January 2, 2023

"Rx taken December 2, 2022 1:30 pm. I am an 81 year old female post lumpectomy surgery and osteoporosis in reasonable good health. I practice Pilates and exercise 2x a week besides. After reading about this medication extensively, I heeded the warnings of other elderly women and super hydrated myself 3 days prior and 2 days afterwards. I took a Tylenol just before receiving my infusion. The next day, 12/3/22. 2:54 pm I noticed some low back pain ongoing and a little left hip pain. I carried a heavy purse to Walmart and noticed it while returning to our car. I took an extra strength Tylenol and lay on heating pad. At 5:00pm I had a tiny headache over my right eye. Right shoulder pain intermittently during dinner. The next day I felt slightly “off” but went about my day as usual. A month later, no noticeable side effects. In the past I don’t experience any side effects with medication, so am grateful that none have shown up so far. I don’t know yet if it’s helping."

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Happy...
December 8, 2022

Reclast (zoledronic acid) "I had my first infusion of Reclast 10 days ago and have experienced no side effects. I did drink a lot of water the day before and the day of the infusion. Of course, I have no idea yet if it has increased my bone density."

8 / 10

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Dee
Taken for less than 1 month
September 20, 2021

"I had my first infusion on 9/10/21 and was scared based on the reviews I read beforehand. I even got a second opinion from another rheumatologist as to whether or not there were other options for me and also spoke to my primary care physician before I decided to do it because she knew I had such bad heartburn from the weekly and monthly pills that I had to stop them. Since I wouldn’t commit to prolia 2x a year for the rest of my life I decided to try this knowing I could stop it at anytime if necessary. Bottom line was the infusion was simple and I didn’t have any side effects at all. I kind of held my breath for 3 days waiting for the axe to fall and nothing happened. I drank 50-60 oz of water for several days before, day of and 5 days after. I even took a Tylenol after the infusion and one before bed but probably didn’t need them either. Now I will continue taking my calcium and vitamin D and hope for the best in my next bone scan. I can’t rate benefits yet."

8 / 10

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Marian
Taken for 5 to 10 years
November 29, 2023

"I had the infusion for 6 years after having 8 fractures in my spine due to osteoporosis. I'm now free from osteoporosis. I still have osteopenia, which I was diagnosed with at the age of 45. I'm so happy and relieved the infusion worked for me."

10 / 10

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Anonymous
Taken for less than 1 month
June 26, 2022

"On the afternoon of Friday the 24th I received my first infusion, I have osteopenia and I am a cancer survivor. Start taking Acetaminophen, Gatorade and water. When I woke up on Saturday I had a lot of vertigo. The first 24 hours after the infusion, I only had a slight fever and warmth inside my body. After 24 hours, sporadic discomfort began in the bones such as the knees and arms, moderate tiredness and headache. On Sunday morning the strong symptoms of chills began, pain in the bones of the legs, spine, ribs and arms, I also had very real nightmares. The pains in the early hours of Sunday would go away and come back stronger, then I had a strong pain in the bones of my chest, as if they were opening my chest with their hands, for a few seconds, twice, a terrifying and very painful experience . The extreme tiredness continues, my eyes are a little red, very dry and I have very deep circles under my eyes. Next year I will not use this infusion again, it has been horrible pain.HORRIBLE"

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HTSue
Taken for 1 to 6 months
April 14, 2022

"I hurt terribly the first few days after the infusion. The worst was my neck. My whole body hurt, but I couldn't turn my head much at all. 6 weeks later it is still a problem on and off. (I take 60 mg codeine in Tylenol for the pain. (T4's) Exhaustion, fatigue, & a reoccurrence of a severe depressive episode really scared me. It's been 5 or 6 weeks since my first infusion. After successful small breast tumor removal & chemo, I was feeling better. NO bone scan was done before starting this. I think one should have been done. I am not thinking clearly, needing to stop and think about what I am doing. Seriously thinking of asking to discontinue it. I am 62, unemployed with little support. This medication makes work impossible. No nausea. Diarrhea/constipation, yes. Twitching, a bit of insomnia, numb/tingling hand fingers and thumb. Hip pain. Shaky body and hands. GET A BONE SCAN BEFORE STARTING TREATMENT, otherwise, what is the point. Next appt in 6 weeks."

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Genie
Taken for less than 1 month
June 15, 2023

"I had this infusion 10 days ago, so can’t give a concise verdict of it. I nearly didn’t have it after reading all the bad reviews about the side effects. I have to say that the only problem I had was fatigue the day after the infusion, gradually reducing over the week."

10 / 10

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Aclasta
Taken for less than 1 month
May 15, 2024

"I had an Aclasta infusion a week ago. I was very concerned about side effects due to the large number of negative reviews. I haven't had any negative effects so far. It's too soon to measure skeletal outcomes."

10 / 10

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newca...
Taken for 2 to 5 years
July 12, 2012

Reclast (zoledronic acid) "I used Reclast for two years, and each year experienced sudden severe hair loss about 4 1/2 to 5 months after injection. My dermatologist and oncologist concluded Reclast was responsible."

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river...
October 24, 2011

Reclast (zoledronic acid) "After a year on Reclast, my bone scan results are: -3.7 to -2.5 so yay it's working for me!"

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Anonymous
August 26, 2009

Reclast (zoledronic acid) "I had good results after one year on Reclast from 3.5 down to 2.3"

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dale
Taken for less than 1 month
April 8, 2023

Reclast (zoledronic acid) "Horrible bone pain. High fever. 102...Very High heart rate....128. Severe bone pain. Worst headache I ever had."

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Breezzy
Taken for less than 1 month
October 29, 2015

Reclast (zoledronic acid) "The 45 minute infusion was a piece of cake.Take my calcium and vitamin D faithfully as you need it for the reclast to work. No side effects,no pain. "

10 / 10

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Penel...
May 26, 2022

Reclast (zoledronic acid) "I had my first Reclast infusion 2 days ago At midnight after the infusion I woke with horrible upper back pain Spent the day in ER on morphine, dylaud and steroids HORRIBLE"

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Sandy
Taken for 2 to 5 years
June 29, 2022

Reclast (zoledronic acid) "Tomorrow I'm getting my third dose, I per year. I have never had any problems after having it done. They always give me water and 2 tylenol before infusing."

10 / 10

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Mikeyg
Taken for less than 1 month
April 11, 2022

Reclast (zoledronic acid) "First time user. Not much side effects for me. I have some leg pain but can't say if the reclast is the culprit."

7 / 10

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Anonymous
Taken for less than 1 month
June 12, 2022

Reclast (zoledronic acid) "It's fine, take some iron for first 3 days after, yes you feel flu like but better than breaking your bones!"

6 / 10

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