For Fosamax femur lawsuits, we need to know how long someone has been taking Fosamax because the longer someone has been using it the more likely the drug caused her atypical femur fracture. We assume that “taking” a drug means swallowing an oral tablet containing 5-70mg of Fosamax’s active ingredient, alendronate sodium. This is Fosamax’s most commonly prescribed form, as one might expect, because it’s simple for patients to self-administer. Unlike most drugs, though, the human body does not absorb alendronate sodium very easily. In fact, only 0.6-0.7% of the drug is ultimately absorbed, meaning more than 99% of the Fosamax you purchased was wasted. When doctors believe people truly need the drug, such as patients suffering bone degeneration during chemotherapy, they prescribe it in an intravenous (IV) form. While IVs are not something people can readily self-administer, they are much more effective delivery mechanisms.
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