Actonel and jaw necrosis
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i currnetly am taking actonel for my bones the past 3 years and klonopin i per night and take alot of vitamins such as B compex etc. no alcohol consumption but i do smoke half a pack of cigarettes per day no other medical conditions known 6 months ago all my blood workups were normal . ANY IDEAS WHAT CAN BE GOING ON WITH ME ?
I am 3 years post breast cancer i had lumpectomy chemo rads i have taken tamoxofen for 2,5 years now on aromasil i had a bone density scan and was told i had low calcuim levels, now on calcuim sandox and actonel asked if i had osetoprosis and was told no have read around actonel and have not taken it yet as of the side effects please can you advice thanks.
There can be a massive heart attack (MI) and the muscle cells necrosis (death) can be global and one does not survive. Or there can be a heart attack and the heart muscle can survive with timely supply of oxygen...the saying goes, "time is muscle". Or there can be a small isolated area/areas of necrosis and location can be significant or not.
The pain varies (chest, jaw, arm shoulders {sharp or dull}) and sometimes there is no pain.
ve discovered the ADA and most dentists say the jawbone and teeth cannot affect the rest of the body and that jawbone necrosis (dead bone) is inert, localized and does not spread if it is present. I've also e-mailed with people who discovered this was not true, had jawbone necrosis removed and their health returned. This is either controversial or unknown among 99% of dentists (it appears). I am still having necrosis removed but mine has spread so much that it may be too late.
I have horrible teeth I know. u name the dental problem I probably have it. what has been bugging me for weeks is my left jaw. it's swollen it hurts if u run your hands along both my cheeks there is a very noticable bump and the left side and u can feel the swelling inside too. My best guess is bad infection from really bad abscess but I'm not a dentist. I have insurance but only medicaid. I'm kinda poor. Where do i begin to fix my teeth ?
I take once monthly Actonel. While I was pushing the pill through the foil blister, it broke. I did not take that pill for fear that it could cause stomach problems. My question is would it have been safe to take? Also, if I contact Proctor & Gamble, do you think they might replace the pill. If it was a daily pill, I wouldn't worry about, but I just lost a whole month of medicine due to a faulty package design.
t let me take things like actonel or that class of drugs as my osteoporosis affected the bones in my jaw and they are afraid to take the chance as with those drugs there is a risk. I was disappointmented about the forteo. I think that drug is more dangerous than its worth personally.
Are you still working as an RN? I am not able to work now and I miss it so much.
Let me know you turn out regarding the forteo.
If one has been diagnosed with having necrosis and/or dead jawbone, what happens with the bone? Does the "deadness" keep spreading? Also if the bone is dead, why does it hurt so much to apply pressure to the "dead" area? What happens if you do not get a bone graft to replace the area of loss, will that be enough to simply scrape the rest of the dead bone out?
I need a bone biopsy to confirm. I had a dislocated jaw for 5 years and then it was relocated. I am only 24 and have to take ativan to control the pain and nerve pain that also goes along with it sometimes. Lack of blood flow causes necrosis of the bone and the only way to cure it would be to remove the area with bone curettage which I am not sure is done at this time.
Scar tissue would indicate necrosis of heart cells and this ooccurs when heart tissues do not receive an adequate supply of oxygenated blood...usually due ischemia (vessel blockage). Your husband could have had a silent heart attack years ago and not aware. It is possible to have had a clot that impeded blood flow enough to cause damage, and then the clot dissolved. Or there could have been spasm of the coronary artery long enough to block blood flow and cause cell necrosis.
I asked a Radiologist what it looked like on the ultrasound when she was draining my seroma and she said that I had fat necrosis and that I should not worry about it. When I mentioned it to my surgeon he seemed not concerned about it. My questions are: 1. Fat necrosis symptoms will go away on their own or something should be done. I have a feeling that I need a second opinion regarding this. 2.
The doctor biopsied a nodule about 3.5cm across and the result was benign - at this point I should mention that no other nodules were tested as all the doc found in the first test was 100pc thyroid material. My T3/T4 are totally normal and my TSH is 0.33 wheras a normal reading is 0.30. Recently I have been feeling like I am getting a bad cold or allergies leaving me feeling very lethargic. The thing is it doesnt turn into anything, it just makes me feel ikky!
So I was admitted into the hospital immediately and they did a core decompression because both men and women get this mainly in their hips and jaw from taking prednisone, alcohol abuse or severe trauma (sometimes athletes will get it), however it does NOT spread and the worst thing is a replacement.
The tooth had a prior root canal and post, and I was told that the post had broken and that I needed to see another dentist who specialized in removing the post and placing a new post. This woman drilled a very long time, and I had 6 or 7 Novocain shots, I could smell burning flesh and see smoke as she was drilling. I left her office and went immediately to my dentist-i had no idea what had happened. My dentist pulled the tooth and took me directly to another oral surgeon.
Non-hormonal biphosphonates (such as Fosamax and Actonel) increase bone strength and are available as once-a-week pills. These can also be taken.
It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.
m not sure why this is labeled fat necrosis, but a BIRADS 3 rating often results in a wait and see, with possibly a 6 month follow-up, not necessarily a biopsy. I would definitely ask your doctor why she thinks it should be biopsied. Did your doctor mention fat necrosis? Fat necrosis is a benign condition, supposedly produced by trauma to the breast, considered somewhat rare (except in cosmetic surgery circles apparently). I don't believe it is as rare as indicated.
AST levels fluctuate in response to the extent of cellular necrosis (cell death) and therefore may be temporarily and minimally elevated early in the disease process, and extremely elevated during the most acute phase. Depending on when the initial sample was drawn, AST levels can rise- indicating increasing disease severity and tissue damage- or fall- indicating disease resolution and tissue repair.
I was hit in the breast 12months ago by exercise equipment (really hard blow), had a bruise, not much pain, and it healed. Now I have a hard, firm, non-tender, non-moving pea size lump. Can trauma that long ago be producing a lump now? I do not recall any lumps at time of whammy to breast nor up to 2 weeks ago. Scheduled for mammo & ultrasound...if it's necrosis will it be obvious to the radiologist?
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