I love Tymlos. It saved me. I am very sensitive to meds so after trying a full dose and not tolerating it, I started at 1/8 dose and moved up so my body got used to it. My doc is doing this with other patients now. You may not need to. Many people do just fine. And side effects, for me, eased up over time. I did two years.

I had amazing gains and rarely did a full dose. I went from severe osteoporosis in my spine to borderline )-3.6 to -2.5). It's really good for the spine.

Tymlos comes in a pen with "clicks' for each 10 mcg dose. The full dose is 80mcg or 8 clicks.

The half life is only ONE hour. That means Tymlos leaves your body quickly so in my experience any side effects lasted about two hours. Some take it at night. I like taking it in the morning. Hydrate. Many do fine. Maybe don't read about side effects until you have them- if you do 🙂

Hello @sunny65, I combined your discussion with an existing discussion titled, " Tymlos pro/cons" - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/tymlos-procons/ started by @ldj1002 who also was weighing their providers recent prescribing of Tymlos.

@sunny65, if you are comfortable sharing, how soon will you be starting on Tymlos and were other options discussed with you?