I feel like it saved my life. I had 13 compression fractures one after the other in my spine. 3 while lying in bed trying to recover. We had filled out MAID papers as I just kept breaking and we couldn't get a hold of the pain. Forteo started working about the 4th month and my pain reduced and I stopped fracturing. Haven't fractured since and it has now been 8 years. They can no longer read my spine due to the previous fractures, but showed improvement in my thigh bone.