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Reviewer: JW, 65-74 on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year
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after 1 year developed severe pain in, left hip, thigh and knee. Other side aching. Continuous muscle spasms. Stoped taking it two weekends agon. Slight improvement. Still having trouble walking and lying in bed. Try to sleep in recliner. I will tell my family members to never take this drug.
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Reviewer: Patty, 65-74 on Treatment for less than 1 month
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After only one dose of fusamax, the side effects of this drug left me with muscle aches and spasms across my chest, sides, and back. This made breathing very difficult and i thought i was having a heart attack. There were also shoulder and hip pains as well as neck muscle pain. 2 days of ibuprofen and 2 1/2 days lost from work. WHY is this nasty drug still on the market????
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Reviewer: Sandi, 65-74 on Treatment for less than 1 month
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Was prescribed this medication for the start of osteoporosis. An hour and a half after the 2nd dose I developed severe middle back pain that I could feel climbing up my back to my neck, right shoulder, right jaw and ear. I did go to my doctor and she prescribed tramadol for the pain which helped a small bit and prednisone. Pain moved to my R arm, shoulder and chest. Woke up in the middle of t
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Reviewer: Ana, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I took 1 tablet on Saturday morning as it was diagnosed, did not have any issue all day until I sat down for couple of hours before going to bed. when I got up, I had severe pain in my back, muscle spasm and pain on my sides and chest. I could not sleep in my bed since every little movement made the pain worse. Sunday I had severe pain and muscle spasm all day, Monday morning I could not get ou
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Reviewer: dixiechick, 65-74 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I had pretty much all the side effects that they said are less than 1%. Hair loss, joint pain, swelling of hands and legs, lost of ability to grasp or hold anything in hands, confusion, cramps in legs, scared me badly. I took the medication for 3 weeks.
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