Merck defended their side after receiving various complaints and facing number of Fosamax class action. According to them, their medicine was safe to use. What the people get out of taking the drug is rotting of the jaw and lose of the bone which alarmed many other patients who were involved into using the product. Thousands of people were unfortunate to have suffered from jaw death and adverse side effects.

The lawyers who held various cases used this as a method of encouraging other victims who were once ashamed to go out of the public and showed their condition. The lawyers made research of the negative effects of the Fosamax in order for them to pursue with the case and their aim of making the company paid for what it had caused. The Fosamax lawsuit that the company faced made people realized that it is important for anyone to take proper care in taking medicines especially if newly prescribed.