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@kennylk Not sure what your upcoming surgery is but if it involves bones needing to heal I wouldn't think you would not want to have a Reclast infusion preceding that. It would suppress bone healing I would think. I have not investigated this topic, so I'm no expert here. But if the surgery will require bone healing afterwards I would suggest checking further about taking a strong suppressive of bone activity.
Maybe others have dealt with this and can comment.
@kennylk as far as I know and from what I have been told, it is suggested that we do Reclast for a total of 3-5 years. After that the risk of jaw necrosis or atypical femur fracture apparently goes up. I am in the same boat, wondering if doctors/research have a long term plan as yet. In one article I saw speculation about doing short bursts of Evenity between other meds (bisphosphonates) but with that time limit I am not sure how that would work.
I have also been told three years Reclast (I did two years Tymlos and 4 months Evenity and have several fractures) then maybe a drug holiday but certainly plan on asking, "Then what?" My hope,which may be unfounded, is to then spend some years doing "holistic approaches." (See "Great Bones" by Keith McCormick.