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High anxiety regarding Reclast or Prolia decison for OP meds
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Sep 22 4:39pm | Replies (165)Comment receiving replies
Thank you! This has to be one of the most difficult decisions to wrap my head around! As you point out, the lack of concrete studies and guidelines is frustrating. No wonder so many Dr's get it wrong when prescribing meds for their OP patients.
I do like your drug sequence suggestion. And the lower dose sounds like a good option.
My other thought would be what if I could not tolerate the Reclast at all? See, I'm already going there, haha. We just don't know and that goes back to the lack of studies. It's such a black hole.
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i think one of the reasons so many drs get it wrong prescribing osteoporosis is because too many GP’s are providing them and don’t have the necessary expertise to make prudent decisions
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@255anny I take it that our responses are helping you - excellent. Many of us are going thru similar worries and fears. I'm certainly worrying about my choices including your "what if I cannot tolerate Reclast" thought.
One thing I do not understand is that the huge difference in side effects between studies and the real world experiences we are seeing on this and other forums. I would love to hear others ideas about this. But, as @windyshores points out there are many good studies out there that provide a lot of information to help in these decisions. Not everything we wish we knew is there but as she says reading the actual studies can be helpful. Sometimes things get confused getting the info second, third, and 1000th hand. Reading osteoporosis studies and evaluating my options is not what I expected to be doing in my retirement but it does provide a lot of "brain exercise" and keep me "engaged".