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I wonder if Tymlos and Forteo only help trabecular bones.
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Mar 27 10:38pm | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
@drsuefowler I had a 9% increase in bone density in my hip and 20% in spine. Tymlos is better than Forteo in this regard, I have been told.
Tymlos is supposed to help with healing but it is possible that is less true with cortical bone.
I know you had trouble with higher doses but I personally would be nervous continuing on 40 mcg. I would push the dose up. Yes there are side effects but even if you do a year at 6 or 7 clicks you might have gains.
At some point in this forum I expressed concern that my posts about "ramping up" and "partial doses" might cause harm to some people if misinterpreted. I only did the ramping up in order to be able to tolerate a therapeutic dose. And I was never, ever without side effects. I just wanted to tolerate it, which you understand.
Maybe it was you, I don't remember, but I expressed concern about a 20mcg dose as being too low and feeling responsible for introducing this idea of ramping up!
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Yes @windyshores I think it was me. I am so sensitive to medication and usually only do take half a dose of anything. I had also asked my endo about a lower dose, and he was fine with it. You had great results with a partial dose, but higher than what I am taking. I plan to talk to my endo about this. Maybe I should consider Evenity? I appreciate that you have posted ways to use partial doses with Tymlos, Evenity and Reclast. There has to be a way for us overly sensitive people to strengthen our bones!