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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Aug 11 10:11pm | Replies (70)
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Does Evenity do the basic same thing as Fosamax? Is it taken after Forteo or Tymlos?

If you had to start fresh and could choose between Forteo and Tymlos, which would you choose?

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windyshores | @windyshores | Jun 23 8:11am

@isabelle7 Evenity is a very different drug than Fosamax with a very different mechanism. It is a potent bone builder with anti-resorptive properties in the last month (and Fosamax is an anti-resorptive). Evenity works by inhibiting sclerostin. Fosamax "poisons" osteoclasts that carry out bone turnover.

I chose Tymlos because the dose was adjustable. Years before I had tried Forteo but could not tolerate it. Tymlos worked really well for me.

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