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Is anyone on a bisphosphonate and bioidentical hormones getting result
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Mar 16 11:23am | Replies (40)Comment receiving replies
I am so so sorry you are having side effects. Pellets are the bioidentical hormones that are inserted every four months under the skin in your hip. They have been around for many years but drug companies and many doctors poo poo their use. I just started the
Pellet therapy but have used bioidentical hormone creams for twenty years. Many physicians believe in the bioidentical for osteo and general health as we age. Blood work is done every four
Months to measure the levels. I was desperate not to start on synthetic meds as I had a bad reaction to actonel two years ago. Three months of hell never again. For more information you can goggle the Myrna brinn center for
integrative medicine at Jefferson hospital. My dr is Dr Anthony Bazzan MD. I have been goggling nonstop because my endro was me to do forteo. My dexa numbers are not extreme…the worst is 2.8 in hip but -1.9 in spine getting better with Pilates and weight lifting and walking. I am afraid to see the endro tomorrow but at 68 I am standing my ground for the next year and then if I am worse it is tynolos or forteo. The whole osteo journey is so difficult. This website is a gift to me. People have helped me with this decision. Good luck and keep in touch. I will pray your side effects are resolved soon💙
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Thank you ! Your a wealth of knowledge especially when I am so new with this and then having horrible reaction to Reclast … hormone therapy would seem much easier … Normajean
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Your numbers aren't terrible, especially your spine. From what I've seen, it's unusual for the T-score for the hip to be worse, so that's really interesting. Dr. McCormick says that if your scores are better than -3.0 there's a good chance you can improve your BMD naturally. In an interview about OP meds during the bone health, he talked about which are the best for the hip vs the spine, and both Evenity and Prolia are far more effective on the hip than any of the others, though I'm definitely not advocating for taking OP meds, especially not Prolia. My scores are in the severe range for both the hip and the spine, so I'm on Evenity hoping to eventually get out of the hole and switching to more natural approaches. I've made an appointment at a women's health center to discuss HRTs, because my Endo, like yours seems to be anti-hormone replacement.