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How many of you improved your osteoporosis without drug intervention?
I was just diagnosed with osteoporosis and had my first Prolia injection about a month ago. I have never had any health issues, I am 65 and have never been on medication. I was blind sided and of course didn't ask questions of my doctor and had no tests done other than the bone density scan only because it was recommended at my age. I am getting the Bone density report from my doctor, a GP, next week and I want to know what I should be asking her, should I request a referral to an endocrinologist?
I also want to know if anyone has stopped Prolia after 1 injection and is there a risk of rebound fractures? How many of you improved bone density with natural approaches. I am reading that bone density increases with Prolia because the 'dead' bone is not removed and new bone is deposited onto the old bone, not really improving bone quality. There is just so much information out there and hard to know what is fake and what is real.
Thanks for your help
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Hi, I'm new here. I am presently taking Fosamax (for 2 weeks) after having a rash reaction to my 2nd Prolia injection. I don't like the way I am feeling after taking Fosamax now. I am wondering if anyone has had a reaction to Fosamax and what they think of it. I never got heart burn until I started this. I am trying to tolerate it and hope it will go away Any advice? I am 72 years old and I exercise every day and walk 2 miles daily as well, but my T score is 3.4 and the drs. are strongly recommending medication.
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you could try Reclast to avoid the reflux. I'm glad you are off Prolia with only two injections.
Call your physicians office right away. Meanwhile, don't think about stopping Fosamax before replacing it with another bisphosphonate. Be careful about the instructions for taking Fosamax. Remain upright and don't take your exercise until several hours after ingestion.
Put the rush on your medical office.
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1 ReactionOr do you think you could just eat one brazil nut a day? Think I will test that out. Thank you both for sharing.
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1 ReactionThank you, I feel the same.
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2 ReactionsHow many grandparents fell, broke a hip, and died in a nursing home? A lot.
You made me laugh. I too shall never be small in spite of losing height. Worse than losing the height, though, is having to give up activities that I enjoyed over the years - x-cross skiing, kayaking, long distance hiking, etc. All the PT I have done does nothing to help, Tylenol helps somewhat. I guess it's due to nerve disruption following the lack of cushioning between vertebrae. Anyway, what is, is. Right?
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1 ReactionAre you seeing an endocrinologist or rheumatologist? The medications you’ve mentioned will only slow down bone loss but will not necessarily increase your bone density. Fosamax can shift the bone metabolism away from bone resorption by killing off the cells that break down bone (osteoclasts) but because bone formation relies heavily on signaling from bone breakdown, it eventually stops while on Fosamax.
Our bones need to be replaced over time as we use them. Normal bone metabolism includes bone replacement. Without it, our bones develop microfractures and lose their strength.
Specialists may consider using another class of drugs called anabolics which help build new bone. This would be the drugs Tymlos (Abaloparatide) or Forteo (Teriparatide).
I was on Fosamax for over five years. I didn’t have any GI side effects like you are having but I did fracture my T8 vertebra on it. I had no idea that bone remodeling stopped or was severely suppressed on this drug.
I am now on Teriparatide in the hopes of finally starting the bone remodeling and formation process again after many years.
Can you perhaps see a specialist to discuss your long term treatment? Many of us just get put on a drug using short term thinking when I believe we need a long term plan for the rest of our lives.
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1 Reaction@oopsiedaisy bisphosphonates do build bone density by suppressing turnover, but they don't build new bone.
I am very lucky - I don't have the pain. I did have a fair amount of pain in my lower spine around the time this happened and the only thing that seemed to help was swimming, an idea I got from, as I remember, a chiropractor. I still swim a lot and so far so good. But I may just be lucky, of course. Have you seen a physiatrist? My husband's back to his old hour-long walks in our small town after not being able to do that because of severe back pain for several years. He had skewed his body - quite visibly - and less than a year of the right PT fixed it. It's been great to get something back that he loved doing - at 87.
Yes and no. For my cholesterol to drop that much it was a combination of both diet and nuts. Like I mentioned that was many years ago. Last year, my cholesterol went up again. I admit to slacking off on watching what I eat and my cholesterol shot up to 245. I began once again eating mostly plant-based (I found 100% plant-based too restrictive) but included salmon and sometimes chicken but no Brazilian nuts this time simply because I didn't get around to buying them. In a matter of 3 weeks (2 separate blood tests) my cholesterol dropped from 245 to 185 - a 60-point drop. However, if I ate a Brazilian nut a day, I'm certain my numbers would have been even better. Clearly, changing your diet helps drop cholesterol significantly, but eating a Brazilian nut 1x/day would help reduce it even more.