I have osteoporosis, I have been on Fosamax for 6 weeks. I have muscle aches and joint pain which I can handle. I am having terrible fatigue with this. I sleep 7-8 hours at night and now have to take a 2-3 hour nap to make it through the day. Not sure if it is the medication or not but I know that up until I started taking it I was active with yoga, walking and jogging and now all I want to do is sleep. I also have put on extra weight.
Fosamax - Has anyone experienced severe fatigue with Fosamax?
Question posted by jrmcfarl on 25 April 2018
Last updated on 11 July 2023 by deb1kryan
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deb1kryan
11 July 2023
I am, I took it this morning, I am just waking up after taking it at 8am, it’s now 12:27pm. It makes me very tired.
Cori14
6 Nov 2019
I have. It took me a while to realize it because I’m also going down on my thyroid medication. I thought I was so tired (like hard to function tired) solely because of that. I went out of town and forgot to bring my weekly dose. A few days after the missed dose, I felt like my old energetic self. The FDA sheet doesn’t mention “unusual tiredness” as a side effect they are even tracking. I am likely going to cut down to every other week and see what happens. I seem to be a slow metabolizer of drugs, and I wonder if that has anything to do with getting this side effect.
PharmaGenius
25 April 2018
Have your doctor check your calcium levels. Hypocalcemia is popular with Fosamax which causes fatigue.
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