Drugs to prevent osteoporosis have not been Pharma's finest hour. The heavily marketed bone drugs Boniva, Fosamax and Actonel are linked to esophageal cancer, osteonecrosis of the jaw, irregular heart beat, pain and actually causing the fractures they are supposed to prevent. Oops. Fosamax-maker Merck single handedly initiated the "bone scan" craze foisted on middle aged and older women and set up a bone "institute" to secure Medicare reimbursement for scans driving Fosamax sales, according to National Public Radio.
Watch for similar ruses to sell Pharma's new injectable drugs.
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