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@maieva I chose Evenity and it worked great for me. Great increase in bone density and no side effects worth even mentioning. I had fears about it and I looked at the studies or at least discussions of the studies and what the top osteo docs were saying. My conclusion was that Evenity has the least frequent substantial side effects of any of the osteo meds. That's just my personal sifting thru the available info including a lot of scanning of what people are reporting on forums and groups.
As to the CVD fears, well that is perhaps a legitimate fear and most top docs just say if you've had recent heart issues they don't recommend it. They don't seem to worry about heart issues beyond that.

My summary is that Evenity is clearly the most powerful med we have available for increasing bone density and reducing fractures. And it has in general for most people less side effects. The main argument against it is the lingering doubts about CVD safety and the general worry that it hasn't been around long enough to know for sure about it's safety.
I just spent a few minutes trying to check into how long it's been around. I found that it was approved in 2019 (that's 5 years ago now), the major trials were completed several years before that I believe, and I found research articles going back to 2011. Evenity was called AMG 785 in 2011. That's just a quick check but it does give some reassurance that it's not just been thrown onto the market. Yes they could still find some new bad side effects but it's been studied for many years now so if there are bad side effects still to be found they must not be happening to very many people.

My simple take - Evenity is the best we got and it's working well for most people.

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Which med did you go on after finishing the course of Evenity?

@awfultruth: Had my last Evenity treatment on Oct 4th and wondered what recommendations you were given for spacing between last shots and starting a new treatment (Alendronate / Fosamax for you?) as I have a DEXA scan is scheduled for 5 1/2 weeks after my last shot and doctor appointment 7 weeks later and seems a lot to me. And I don't find much online on the subject and it's not a doctor's office that's easy to hear back from when I have questions!