Has anyone heard of this? I seen on television a few days ago about Avandia causing people to have fractures .

Question

Fractures in ceertain parts of the body. If anyone has heard of this I would like to know if you have any information about it thanks.

Answer 1

I thought I saw something about the drug Fosamax causing jaw fractures. Lets face it, there is always going to be some drug causing some problem. I could be wrong and mixed up about which drug it is. Go to this web site.....www.worstdrugs.com I found this from a book call Generation RX. It will make you never want to take another pill again. Good web site with lots of good information. But also be careful of jumping on the lawsuit bandwagon from these commercials. The only one making money from them are the tort lawyers. They suck you in and make the money, not you. Do the research on the drug and I recomend the book. The drug companies are out of control in the country.

Answer 2

There was a blurb on NPR (national public radio) where they were saying to use it as one of the last possible options in this past week.
And something about fractures - maybe last week.

Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.