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Best medication choice after two year Temlos regime
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Mar 6 2:58pm | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
This article completely ended my worry about ONJ as I see my dentist every 3 to 6 months. I’m passing this on to him as well..
even with a 21% increase in bone density in my spine , my T score is -1.9. I’m wondering if the Boniva will hold my gains( assuming I haven’t lost ground by not having medication for a month and 1/2)
Thank you for all your help..
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A T-score of -1.9 is osteopenia, not osteoporosis, so that's great! Look, we're not going to get our scores down to zero. It's a question of what we can live with, and I think -1.9 is something you can live with if you can maintain it.
Think about all the people you may know who have osteoporosis and have never even had a DEXA scan. At least you are fighting back!
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This is remarkable improvemnts, congratulations @mautaylor !
Boniva iv is a lot less used and weaker than reclast. If I were you, I'd request endo do a "baseline" of bone resorption marker CTX before iv Boniva and monitor it periodically while on it just to make sure it keeps ctx (resorption) low enough to preserve bmd that was gained. Each endo may have different CTx criteria to go with. However, if you go with reclast, this test may not be necessary.