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Hello, I joined today to get help in deciding what medication to begin
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Aug 11 10:11pm | Replies (70)Comment receiving replies
@windyshores you are lucky you have a doctor who will agree to 20% reclast every 3 months or so. When are you doing that? I’ll be very interested in the outcome, as I may propose it to my endocrinologist after my two years on teriparatide is up!!! BTW, my first four days of injections have been side effect free🥳. Just a little redness around the injection site and burning eyes for an hour or so the first day. Even those minor ones are gone now!!!
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@lynn59 great you are not having side effects and helpful to everyone who is scared!
My doctor did not "agree" to the lower dose of Reclast. He suggested it. I have heart and kidney issues that are relevant and am generally sensitive to meds.
During my cancer treatment, which caused bone loss, he did not prescribe the usual Reclast to go with the cancer meds, because at the time it was thought to aggravate afib (which I have once annually). Now I think the concern is my lower kidney function.
There may be no reason for folks to have a lower dose. It involves getting infusions more often. Many people tolerate Reclast quite casually, some have fluish symptoms. Whatever you do, hydrate and ask for a slower infusion.