← Return to Loss of BMD in hips after taking Forteo or teriparatide?

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@mayblin You might want to check this one out.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8190496/ "The Effect of Teriparatide on the Hip: A Literature Review"
This paper which is mainly summarizing the effects of Forteo on those who have not previously been treated with anti-resorptives is quite positive for Forteo and it's effects on the hips. It has an understandable section covering how one could lose cortical bone in the hip and still become more fracture resistant. Perhaps the negative comments about Forteo and the hips are mainly from studies where an anti-resorptive is followed by Forteo, which seems to cause significant hip bone loss? I intend to read more on this but I've no time for that right now. Hopefully this paper and others like it will help us understand this issue better.

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@awfultruth thank you so much for your link! A great comprehensive review and explanation of increased porosity, cortical thickness, and outer diameters of cortical bone resulted from Teriparatide treatment. The increase porosity that concern some of us doesn’t appear to be correlated with bone strength reduction. Rather, it is accompanied by apposition of new bone at peristeal site etc. As @gently pointed out, coupled bone remodeling is crucial for healthier and stronger bones. The porosity increase may just provide more grounds for the coupled process. Bone strength is multi factorial based. Anatomical and mechanical properties play important role, other than bmd. This paper explained how the outer diameters’ increase actually plays a role in resistance to fracture.

Thank you @awfultruth and @gently! I leant a lot from your perspective and help.