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Progressive onj has changed my life. is there any experimental drugs or procedures a person can volunteer for to help stop this nitemare for others?
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Cause: Is yours related to bisphosphonate therapy for cancer or osteoporosis and is it IV therapy? A certain percentage of users develop this condition which currently has no definitive treatment.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Not definitive : Unfortunately, the onj (or bronj) is a very painful and dragging condition. There are different theories for explaining what is happening in the jaw bone from surface infection, to metabolic changes, to flipping surface electrical charges in the bone ) . But nonetheless, no actual, effective, or specific , direct treatment is founmd yet. There are preventive measures available though ...
Answered 10/4/2016
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