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FDA official: Bone drugs pose small cancer risk - Newsday
January 2, 2009, 11:50 pm

The family of bone-strengthening drugs called bisphosphonates - best known by the brand names Fosamax, Actonel and Boniva - pose a small risk of causing esophageal cancer, a Food and Drug Administration official reported. Diane K. Wysowski of FDA's ...

Cancer risk tied to drugs taken for bone health - Seattle Times
January 3, 2009, 12:05 am

The family of bone-strengthening drugs called bisphosphonates ? best known by the brand names Fosamax, Actonel and Boniva ? pose a small risk of causing esophageal cancer, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official reported Thursday in a ...

Health Organizations - Chicago Tribune
January 3, 2009, 1:55 pm

First, it took the animals. Goats fell silent and refused to stand up. Chickens died in handfuls, then en masse. Street dogs disappeared. Then it took the children. Toddlers stopped talking and their legs gave out. Women birthed stillborns. Infants ...

Cancer risk is linked to bone strengtheners - Minneapolis Star Tribune
January 1, 2009, 3:59 pm

The family of bone-strengthening drugs called bisphosphonates -- best known by the brand names Fosamax, Actonel and Boniva -- pose a small risk of causing esophageal cancer, a Food and Drug Administration official reported Thursday in a letter to the ...

Bone Drugs Tied to Esophageal Cancer - NewsMax.com
January 2, 2009, 6:32 am

Merck's popular osteoporosis drug Fosamax and other similar drugs may carry a risk for esophageal cancer, a Food and Drug Administration official said on Wednesday. Diane Wysowski of the FDA's division of drug risk asessment said researchers should ...

Popular osteoporosis drug may raise risk of throat cancer, warns US ... - Daily Mail
January 1, 2009, 5:29 am

Alert: The osteoporosis drug Fosamax may raise the risk of throat cancer The popular osteoporosis drug Fosamax and other similar drugs may carry a risk of cancer of the oesophagus, the US drug watchdog has warned. Researchers should check into ...

Osteoporosis Drugs May Increase Risk Of Jaw Disease - dbtechno.com
January 5, 2009, 5:03 am

Washington (dbTechno) - A new study has found that common drugs to help people with osteoporosis actually increase the risk of developing a disease in the jaw known as osteonecrosis of the jaw. The jaw disease, also known as ONJ, is attributed by ...

Fosamax Now Linked to Cancer of the Esophagus - eMaxHealth.com
January 2, 2009, 12:23 pm

The FDA has reported a link between osteoporosis drugs and cancer of the esophagus. The findings are published January 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Eight fatal cases of cancer of the esophagus occurred out of twenty-three reported ...

Fosamax May Cause Esophageal Cancer - eMaxHealth.com
January 1, 2009, 3:59 pm

The osteoporosis drug Fosamax (alendronate) is taken by millions in an attempt to prevent painful bone fractures which may occur with osteoporosis. The New England Journal of Medicine published a study in it's January 2, 2009 issue that links Fosamax ...

FDA wants checks on osteoporosis drugs - radionz
December 31, 2008, 7:35 pm

The United States Food and Drug Administration wants research done on the osteoporosis drug Fosamax and other similar drugs to check potential links to oesophageal cancer. Diane Wysowski of the administration's division of drug risk assessment said ...

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