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Is there anyone who has been able to get Evenity approved for a man?

Posted by sal14 @sal14, Sep 17 11:38am

So far, Evenity has yet to be approved for my husband. I know the FDA has not approved it for men, but we want to know if anyone has succeeded in getting approval despite the FDA or for exceptional circumstances.
My husband had a prostatectomy 11 years ago and has been on Prolia for ten years. His endocrinologist has suggested Evenity for a treatment plan to ween him off Prolia and try to build bone. He had 36 radiation treatments, which caused severe and constant back pain and some immobility. The goal is to make his bones strong enough to withstand back surgery.
Thank you in advance for your suggestions and advice.

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garycorb | @garycorb | Oct 28 9:38am

I appreciate the reply. I have systemic atherosclerosis, 1,100 cta score, and severe and worsening small fiber neuropathy. My cardiologist just refused doing a complete CV panel as I was trying to be proactive. Thank you

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garycorb | @garycorb | Oct 28 9:50am

I've already been on forteo/teriparatide for 28 months prior, then bisphosphates 13 months, couldn't handle it. They thought I had multiple myeloma at one point and had boughts of hypercalcimiam. I know black box warning off, I just can't do it anymore. I

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garycorb | @garycorb | Oct 30 9:17am
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@garycorb Sorry about the rough road you've had with osteoporosis and the meds.
You are in a complicated situation. You have to weigh many factors to decide what is best and then you have your insurance and costs to factor in.
I can just say that I'm not the only guy getting Medicare to cover Evenity. And I had no prior fragility fractures. No spinal or hip fractures - just bad DXAs. It was complicated though and I do not think that Medicare will give you a definite pre approval for osteoporosis drugs. For some drugs they will give pre approvals. In my case I got it covered by Amgen Safety Net and then the docs office submitted it to Medicare after giving me the first shots and lo and behold they covered it.
As to your CV concerns that's where you have to weigh the risks of one thing vs another. In my case it was easier because I seem to be doing ok CV wise. I would not rule out Evenity due to CV concerns. Certainly carefully consider the pros and cons but don't rule it out without considering all the angles. Personally I find Prolia much more scary. In fact other than the possible very slightly elevated risk of CV events I do not find Evenity scary at all. Of course I was nervous at first.
Wishing you all the best on your decisions

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I see you are also on the Inspire site that I just went onto after years being off. Are you a moderator?

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awfultruth | @awfultruth | Oct 30 11:03am
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I see you are also on the Inspire site that I just went onto after years being off. Are you a moderator?

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@garycorb No I'm not a moderator - I'm just a guy trying to turn my bone loss around.

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purplegolfchic13 | @purplegolfchic13 | 6 days ago

UPDATE: 18 mo. wasted on Boniva resulted in bone LOSS; ANOTHER 18 mo. wasted on Prolia with slight bone loss...still on it for . Thanks to being denied EVENITY, he now has a hip fracture, so Thanksgiving trip canceled and we won't be with family. BIG PHARMA SUCKS!!

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