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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jul 7 7:59am | Replies (19)

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I've been told to take tymlos or evenity at this point due to my numbers. I'm choosing the obvious choice-1 shot month for 1 year as opposed to daily shot for 2 years. I have osteoarthritis and wasn't aware it would be aggravated by eventity. I also have joint pain in hips and groin. What am I missing on making the right choice for my health?

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I've been on Forteo for over a year and am overly enthusiastic about the drug. Tymlos would be my second choice. I don't have any side effects with Forteo.

I won't consider Evenity, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't. I find it scary that a medication is approved that they don't even realize when approved that it is anabolic for three months and antiresorptive for nine. I have to take the cardiac risks to heart, since most of us will die of cardiac events. But then I'm 73 and my valves aren't whistle clean.
I'm not completely blind to the value of Evenity or Prolia, just almost completely blind.
I recognize that many osteoporosis patients have had success with each.

Your doctor, obviously, knows more and has seen more, far more than I ever will. Still, you have to question even him. And this is a great place to do it.

I just found out last week, from @mablin, that Evenity works at modeling bone, not remodeling. So it adds to bone without correcting for underlying defecit. Another strike against it. It could still be the very best drug for you.
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