PATIENTS SHOULD WAIT UNTIL 2010 TO TAKE OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG BONIVA, PUBLIC CITIZEN REVEALS ON WORSTPILLS.ORG WEB SITE

Patients should wait until 2010 to take Boniva (ibandronate) because it is a relatively new osteoporosis drug, and no evidence exists to prove Boniva is any more therapeutic than older drugs, Public Citizen writes in a new October posting on its WorstPills.org Web site. The consumer advocacy organization cited information published in the August 14 issue of The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics.

Public Citizen (http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2284)