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I am afraid of trying Tymlos and other drugs due to side effects

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Sep 27 2:28pm | Replies (151)
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@rhonni1225

I haven't begun treatment yet, but Tylmos is an option, along with Evenity(which my insurance has denied). I'll be 66 this year, early menopause and just took a bone scan last year and diagnosed with severe osteoporosis. I'm
healthy (or so I thought) and I'm on no medications. This tread is so helpful and I appreciate the thoughts and wisdom from life experiences. I still work a full time job and often have events in the evenings. I already feel overwhemed about when to take the injections and actually giving myself a shot everyday. What is the time span allowed for giving yourself the injections?

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windyshores | @windyshores | Sep 24 11:37am

Rhonni1225 doing Tymlos shots becomes like brushing your teeth, in my experience. I did better doing it in the morning: others do better in the evening. You can play around with it.

I have low blood pressure normally so I hydrated and sometimes ate something salty. At first I rested for a couple of hours. Then I found that getting up and out helped- maybe activity raised my blood pressure. You should be able to go to work in the morning. Or maybe bedtime will work for you.

As you can tell, some of us had side effects we could not tolerate at full dose and some even at half dose. The pen has 8 clicks and each click is 10mcg. If you have any trouble you can try going down to 2 clicks and work up as tolerated. I got up to 7 clicks (out of 8) and had dramatic gains. Many are fine with full dose but I just wanted to mention that.

I miss my Tymlos! I felt safe on it, and after 7 spinal fractures, haven't had any in 4 years.

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