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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: 6 hours ago | Replies (280)
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Windyshores So sorry to hear about your GERD. But with everything I've read on these posts, it just seems like Reclast is being pushed hard by Big Pharma and in turn by doctors. With all the pharmaceutical companies in the world, and more and more Baby Boomers entering the golden age of bad bones, surely they can come up with a drug that doesn't have all these horrible side effects.
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@dingus are you referring to Big Pharma pushing Reclast as an intial drug or as follow up? Insurance companies want us to use bisphosphonates or Prolia because they are cheaper, and many PCP's will say those are "front line." Even if they did prescribe, often insurance won't cover the strong bone building meds unless scores are bad and/or there are fractures.
Back in 2005 my PCP wanted me on Fosamax due to osteopenia. Most doctors have stopped doing that, I believe, thankfully.
The anabolics should usually be used first unless scores are pretty high. The real issue is the lack of long term protocols which now only depend on Reclast or Fosamax "locking in gains."
ps Every time there is a new drug, it is the new miracle, then the problems arise. Leder says there are no new meds in the pipeline.