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Merck, maker of Fosamax, a bisphosphonate drug, has revised their warning label stating precaustions for osteonecrosis of the jaw. Various types of bisphosphonate drugs like Fosamax pose jaw…

Questions raise as to why bisphosphonate drugs like Fosamax are still being advertised. Fosamax has been linked to osteonecrosis of the jaw in the past, but is still being advertised and is…

Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) has been linked to bisphosphonate drugs such as Fosamax.  Bisphosphonate drugs can stay in a persons system up to 10 years.  Since there is no current…

By Virginia Buchanan, Attorney at Law, www.levinlaw.com

Many babies are born each year with injuries which may be attributable to some…

Fosamax, the popular bone building drug, prescribed to treat many of the 8 million women and 2 million men in this country diagnosed with osteoporosis is raising safety questions after being…

In five years, Fosamax, a bisphosphonates prescribed medication, has been estimated to have caused jaw bone problems in over 2,400 Fosamax users; cases of osteonecrosis of the jaw included.…

The courthouse doors flew open on Friday, September 1, 2006 with news that a Walton County jury returned a verdict award of $2.6 million dollars in Bivins v. Zurich American Insurance Company.…

Research shows that Fosamax, a bisphosphonate drug, increases the risk of jaw necrosis and even in some cases leads to jaw death. Bisphosphonate drugs are found to block the normal reproduction…

Studies are showing drugs called bisphosphonates, found in prescription medications such as Fosamax; sit in bones long after a person stops taking them.  Those taking this medication are…

Although it is unknown how often jaw osteonecrosis occurs in those taking drugs with bisphosphonates, the number of cases is continuing to increase.  Doctors and dentists are warning those…

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