Is Bone Drug Linked to Heart Attack?

Q. I am a 54-year-old woman, with extremely low cholesterol and no risk factors for heart disease. I had a heart attack resulting from an artery spasm two weeks ago after my second dose of Boniva.
The doctors were totally floored. I am so healthy that it made absolutely no sense. They were unable to find any damage or plaque in my arteries in the angiogram.
I noticed an article you wrote about a woman who also suffered a heart attack while taking Boniva. Is there any new information on a connection between this drug and heart attacks?
I am so angry I even took the drug. My bone density wasn’t that bad.
A. We have forwarded your report to the FDA. It is the second report of heart attack on Boniva we have received, but there is no warning about arterial spasm or heart attacks in the official labeling information and the FDA has not confirmed any link. There are reports that this osteoporosis drug can raise blood pressure and cholesterol.
Most people tolerate Boniva well, but some experience serious heartburn and severe irritation of the esophagus. Others complain of incapacitating muscle or joint pain. Rare cases of jawbone death have also made headlines recently.