Doctors can agree on one thing -- they disagree on who should be prescribed Fosamax.
Some doctors recommend prescribing Fosamax after a woman has osteoporosis and other doctors prescribe Fosamax to women who have the pre-cursor of osteoporosis known as osteopenia.
Also in question is how long Fosamax should be prescribed. If it's up to Merck & Co., it's forever or at the onset of osteopenia.
Other doctors think that women should wait as long as possible before taking the drug. (I want that doctor.)
Here's an article in the New York Times about a woman who has a Fosamax lawsuit because she developed a rare medical condition called jawbone deterioration including five surgeries. Because her jaw wouldn't heal, bone from her arm had to be implanted into her jaw.
Merck is claiming innocence saying other medications she took for another medical condition is the problem.

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