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Advice about Osteoporosis treatment

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I'd see another doctor, preferably an endocrinologist who is part of a hospital that specifically treats osteoporosis. To tell a patient that the only option is to take Evenity/Tymlos followed by a lifetime of Prolia tells me this doctor is not the right person.

OP: two years on Tymlos could get your score down to -2.something, at which point there are options other than Prolia. One of our posters likes to direct people to a video by this doctor re: strategies for medication:

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The video just posted is by Dr. Ben Leder, a researcher and endocrinologist at Mass. General in Boston. I really like Dr. Ben Leder's video on "Combination and Sequencing Approaches to Osteoporosis" also on YouTube.