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@windyshores i think a successful prolia withdrawal (prevention of rebound) will be fracture free as first measure, then bmd preservation. Most popular measure to prevent rebound seems reclast infusion. Some review papers showed there were some failures (as measured by fracture incidence) with the use of reclast. The McClung/Kendler paper showed dampened effects of evenity after 2 shots of prolia. I didn't read the whole publications so I'm not sure if fractures were reported in this sequence study. Even if they occurred, the small number of subjects involved may not lead to any statistical significance. I didn't dig into the evenity->reclast-->evenity sequence. Only came across one study by Japanese researchers. But they mixed reclast with other bps and I couldn't figure out a clear answer. I thought you or someone else mentioned awhile back re a clinical trial was going on for evenity to reclast to evenity sequence.

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The study I saw had Evenity for 6 months then Reclast for 12 months vs Evenity 12 months plus Reclast 12 months and maybe a few other arms. The point was to assess whether Reclast, as an antiresorptive, was as effective as the anti-resorptive last months of Evenity. As I wrote somewhere, they apparently did not know that Evenity's dramatic initial anabolic bone-building petered out rather quickly.

I saw reference to the idea of using Evenity for a quick boost with bisphosphonates between the Evenity- maybe 4-6 months Evenity? It was not a study but a speculation as I remember.

I wish I had a time machine and could travel in the future to see what protocols settle as most effective because right now we are kind of stuck with what we have.