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Prolia and its side effects.

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Aug 20 10:39pm | Replies (69)

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@neesie0159 are you going to discuss with your doctor whether you stay on Prolia or transition to Reclast? As your probably know, Prolia has a rebound if stopped, with bone density going down and fracture risk going up, apparently, according to my doctor, rather dramatically. There has been discussion here about Keith McCormick's advice ("Great Bones" author) that rebound may be less strong if you don't do more than 3 shots of Prolia, and that then you might even be able to d Fosamax vs Reclast. I don't know much about any of this because my docs rarely use Prolia. Just raising the issue that you can explore with your doctor.

Dr. Ben Leder's video "Combining and Sequencing Approaches to Osteoporosis" has some positive info on the potency of Prolia for bone density, but also shares the same concern about rebound and admits he doesn't use it as much anymore. Still, his charts show strong effetiveness if used as a follow-up. We need more research!

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My new endocrinologist said 2 years on Prolia, then either Reclast or back on Fosamax. This is assuming I tolerate the Prolia without issues. He claims it can further increase my bone density by at least a small amount, and potentially reduce my fracture risk by a large amount. I was really resistant to going on Prolia, but willing to at least try if there’s a chance my spine will get even somewhat better. Evenity got me from -4.6 spine to -3.0. I’m also on low dose BHRT which may have helped as well.
I’m just frustrated that I’m having to constantly be proactive getting things done because medical staff are expecting me to wait indefinitely. My rheumatologist wanted me on Prolia by now, and it looks like it may be another couple of weeks.