Like thousands of women in their 50s, Linda Secrest developed osteoporosis and her doctor prescribed Fosamax, a medication to reverse bone loss. That was in early 2000, before the Naples woman's life changed forever. Today Secrest is on a soft-food diet and may have to switch to liquids for a time, according to her Pensacola attorney Timothy O'Brien. Six or seven months after she started on Fosamax, Secrest underwent a root canal in September 2000. She had no inkling the medication can lead to infection and tissue loss after invasive dental procedures, including having cavities filled. Secrest fell victim to...