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Reclast after Forteo?

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Oct 2 10:14pm | Replies (45)

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@janflute

Thank you. From reading your response, it seems that my dentist does not know as much about Fosamax vs Reclast as he seems. He told me that he wanted me to take Fosamax because when/if I need to have another tooth pulled there would be less problems with my jaw because I could stop taking Fosamax, but Reclast would be staying in my system. What do you think?

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@janflute i dont know for sure. What I know is, if someone is treatment naive, ie, never had fosamax before, the chance of onj is very small during first few years of treatment from clinical data. You had ~5 year fosamax a long time ago, more than 10 years, presumably all the fosamax that was bound to your bone are gone by now. Are your bone free of fosamax now? That's a question you could ask your endo. If it is, it may not be a bad idea to use it again. But you might not want to use it for too long if another round of FORTEO is in your mind. There are observations that one year use of fosamax wouldn't interfere anabolic effect too mcuh. Then again, each person is different, what works for someone else, may not hold true for you. This deserves a good discussion between you and your endo.