Click here for the article “A Troubling Link Between osteoporosis Drugs and Macular Degeneration.” There MAY be a link but this article says “Despite the finding, Dr. Etminan, a pharmacological epidemiologist in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, cautions that it’s too soon for people to stop using the drugs or to avoid taking them, because this is the first study to show a link. Other large-scale studies using other patient databases need to be done before drawing firm conclusions.”
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