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Accuracy of DEXA Scans

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jun 5 10:09am | Replies (75)

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Did your doctor recommend Reclast? And why not Zometa? Are you taking it for bone mets or to prevent it? Thank you.

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My MD Anderson rheumatologist and local Baylor Scott & White endocrinologist both recommended Reclast. I do not have bone mets. My spine and one hip was at -2.9, I’ve been at osteopenia for probably 15 years, so I need something. Since DCIS is known to recur, even if my percentage has been lowered by radiation and tamoxifen, I was okay with taking Reclast as it hardens the bone against mets. Those percentages are statistical numbers, not 100% accurate. It just seemed to make sense to take the med.