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Is a dexa every 2 years enough?

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Nov 4 2:54pm | Replies (62)
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@elisabeth007

i don’t even know if the telephone customer service people know what bone marker tests are—-i didn’t until i heard about them i this venue.

Mt doctors don’t rely on them. Could you help me understand why you believe they are more valid than Dexa scores that have been relied upon for many decades

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babs10 | @babs10 | May 28 8:31pm

@elisabeth007, others will chime in, I'm sure, but for me, these bone marker tests are not more valid than DXA scores - that is comparing apples and oranges.

If you get the baseline blood tests before you start meds, you can retest in 3-4 months (and beyond) and the results of those blood tests will inform you as to whether or not the medication is actually doing what it's supposed to be doing. I'd hate to spend 2 years on Forteo or Evenity etc. to find out at the end that they didn't work. If they aren't working, there is an opportunity to change the treatment plan.

My first MD would not order them because he said the results would not change his plan and that made zero sense to me.

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