Hi - yep my GP put me on the same generic, 70 mg weekly. I've always had low blood pressure and it raised my BP by 30-40 points. GP assured me that was not stroke territory, but hey -- I bet if his BP went up that much he'd be concerned a little more! So I bought a home BP machine and took my BP for a few days, still high. So I took myself off it, and within a day or two BP back to normal. This does not mean it will happen to you, but I have lupus and weird things happen to us. Anyway, I talked to the pharmacist and found that there is a halo dose, 35 mg per week. So my GP was willing to prescribe that, and I've been on it over a year now. Won't know for another year if it fixed things, sadly. I mention this because (maybe) due to low grade lupus, I have always over reacted to medicine. Meds that others hardly feel will knock me out! Oh, and I do take 1200 mg of calcium and a vitamin D capsule daily too, per my GPs directions.

I have been taking Alendronate 70 mg weekly for over a year now and have had no side effects at all. Now due for a bone density scan, hopefully it will show some improvement.

I got leg cramps from it. Switched to risendronate and so far so good

Thank you for your feedback. I hope for all of us taking this course of RX will be beneficial in the long run.

I thank you very much. I was pointing out to the pharmacist that I was worried about cardio vascular problems as historically I have had TIAs . I didn’t any malabsorption into vascular walls.