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If and when the time comes that I stop Prolia, I will discuss my options with my care team and go from there.

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@monkhhi Perhaps you are already aware of the potential dangers involved in stopping Prolia. If so you can stop reading.
If not then you need to know that there are no guaranteed safe ways to stop Prolia. If you stop without another med to stop the "post Prolia bone loss" you will lose bone very rapidly. You may even lose bone past where you were before you started the Prolia.
More importantly you will also risk the special "post Prolia multiple spinal fractures" disaster. I've seen reports of anywhere from 2-10 spinal fractures when people stopped Prolia without starting another med right away.

Even if you take the strongest bisphosphonate (Reclast) you still may lose a lot of bone and have multiple fractures. Sometimes even two doses of Reclast won't stop the bone loss. My doctor estimates that up to 20% have trouble with post prolia bone loss even though they take Reclast right away.

No, this doesn't happen to everyone. Maybe it's not happening to very many people? I don't know if anyone is tracking this statistically?
It is easy to find quite a number of people reporting this happened to them on the various osteoporosis forums. It is acknowledged by researchers and knowledgeable doctors but somehow some doctors forget to mention these little details. Just saying.