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@windyshores, did you take a full dose of Evenity this time or just one infusion? I'm interested because if I try Evenity, I will probably try the one infusion since I am so sensitive to all medications.

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I did a full dose. So one month full dose, two months half dose, one month full dose.

You can decline the second shot. Even my flexible doctor would not prescribe one shot.

I am not on Reclast yet. I had Evenity 3 weeks ago.

Evenity peaks around day 5-7. The burning is easing a little. I have had it since I started in late December to varying degrees. It isn't a short term side effect apparently.

@drsuefowler Perhaps I've already mentioned this to you but just so others reading these threads discussing Evenity side effects don't get too depressed I'll repeat this - Evenity does not always or even often cause noticeable side effects. Even in sensitive people.
I've been severely food and chemically sensitive for over 40 years and I'm (knock on wood) having only the slightest side effects with Evenity. By slight I mean I get mildly stimulated from the injection and that lasts through the day of the shot. I get a slight pressure in my forehead which does not get bad enough to be called a headache. In contrast my eating the wrong food (and most all foods fit in the wrong food category for me) or smelling the wrong odor can wreck my day. Quite amazing to me how very very little trouble I'm having with Evenity.
But I am not discounting the experience of others who are having really unpleasant side effects, not at all - I just wanted to say that the odds for any given person even those sensitive types, may not be very high?
I do find it strange that all the osteoporosis meds seem to have pretty awful side effects for some while others have little to no side effects. Such a huge range of reactions to these drugs!
I wish it was more clear what percentage of us have the bad side effects to the different osteoporosis meds. And of course we need some means to predict who might or might not react badly.
Myself as I'm past shot 7 of Evenity, am most worried about the next med.