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@sandrac The scariest issue with Prolia is when stopping it. I have not followed this thread so maybe you are well aware of that but for anyone that might not be, it's when stopping Prolia that it gets really scary. You lose bone rapidly and some people have multiple fragility spinal fractures. And by multiple I have seen 8 or 10 fractures claimed after stopping Prolia without a strong bio-phosphonate to counter what happens when stopping. Apparently the longer you are on Prolia the greater the risk of the multiple fractures.

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I followed it with a year of Reclast to keep the gains. You are correct—you shouldn’t just stop Prolia without the progression through the other drug to back it up. I took a drug holiday and am now on Evenity and will shift back either to Prolia or Reclast afterwards, which is protocol. (The reason for Evenity is that I had two fractures from a bad fall even though my numbers were pretty good—but the doctor thinks it is worth reinforcing my bones to help prevent others. I have tolerated it well.)