DEAR DR. GOTT: This is to warn people with poor bone density of the severe side effects of taking a Reclast injection.

I have poor bone density and was advised by my doctor to have a Reclast injection. This would supposedly help rebuild my bone density. I was provided with a pamphlet that said a person might get fluid symptoms or joint pains that might last from one to two weeks. As of today, four months later, the pain remains and has turned my life into a living hell and me into a recluse. I was once an active 83-year-old woman who enjoyed going on trips and riding my stationary bike five miles, three times a week. Now, I am an 83-year-old who is limited to making short trips to the store, doctor and church and can no longer ride my bike because of the amount of pain I am in. [Read more...]