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Hi, I got my first set of shots a month ago and felt the same way. I kept passing out for a few minutes and then waking up and then passing out again. I was so tired for the rest of the day I couldn’t even make dinner that night. In the couple of weeks after that first treatment I would get bad bouts of exhaustion but I’ve been having those on and off anyway so I’m not sure what’s the Evenity and what’s something else going on with me. I get my second set of shots tomorrow. I’m 53 with very severe OP (4.1 spine, 3.5 hips). The other symptom I’m wondering if anyone is experiencing is aching joints. My back and knees hurt even before Evenity but now my hips hurt too and my knees hurt more. My back already hurt a lot so that’s about the same. I hope that’s helpful. I’m grateful to everyone who shares on here because this is kind of a scary experience and it’s so helpful to hear what others have experienced. I’ve always been in good health so this has been a bit of a shock. Wishing everyone well!
I'm fortunate that, so far, the side effects haven't been all that bad. For me the benefits are worth the minor discomforts and exhaustion. Not everyone is so lucky. For anyone who may be having more serious side effects, it's worth having your BTMs checked to help you decide if what you're going through is worth it.
Even though I'm feeling pretty good overall, if my BTMs indicated that Evenity wasn't doing much, I'd stop the treatment, and would spend the time and money on an alternative.
I had a CTx and P1NP done exactly 2 weeks after my 3rd Evenity injection, and I'm very pleased with the results, so I'll continue the treatment, and get the same tests again in another 3 months.
For anyone curious about the results I'll share them here along with Dr McCormick's reference ranges.
CTx = 355 (reference range 100-375)
P1NP = 102 (reference range 30-50)
Note: I fasted before the tests, had them done at 7:30 in the morning, and stopped taking collagen more than 48 hours beforehand. I don't take biotin supplements.
After my first set of Evenity injections in January, I started posting monthly about the side-effects I had experienced. They've been so minor that I stopped commenting after the third. I had exhaustion that started about a week after that one, then everything returned to normal.
Because people are more likely to share negative experiences than positive ones, I feel like it could be reassuring to continue my updates even when everything's going well. I'll bring things up-to-date.
My fourth set of injections was in April. The technique that the nurse used was different. She injected slowly. It was more painful than I experienced with the previous three, and that day the injection sites were very tender. I even had a burning sensation under the skin. It was more annoying than it was painful. I was trying to do focused work and it was distracting me.
I had my fifth set done by a different nurse last week. She's a no-nonsense, just get it done kind of person, so she did it fast. Afterward there wasn't much tenderness, and no burning at all though one injection site bruised.
An interesting thing that may, or may not be related, is a new occasional tingling nerve sensation (not really painful) in my ankles. Has anyone else had that anywhere on their body?
That happened with my first three injections-fell asleep on the 1.5 hour ride home.
Didn't happen hte last time, perhaps because we went for a walk and something to eat afterwards?