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Has anyone used the Ibandronate injection to hold in gains?

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Mar 18 9:28am | Replies (11)
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@georginas

I'm in the same boat and wondered the same thing. I've just finished Tymlos. Or rather, was taken off of it due to high calcium levels, so now they want to out me on Reclast, but I suggested Boniva quarterly infusions. He says it won't work as well. I need to lock in my gains as well (12.5%) and have only two options now, Reclast or Boniva infusions.

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drsuefowler | @drsuefowler | Mar 17 3:47pm

@georginas,

Did you have high calcium in your blood? I had very high calcium in my
urine, but my Drs don't seem to care. I worry about kidney stones all the
time. My endo asks me not to take calcium before my blood work and then the
results are normal. I try to eat calcium rich foods as recommended by my
endo, and still take a small supplement.

Keith McCormick, author of Great Bones, used oral Fosamax to hold in his
gains from Forteo. According to the study @mayblin just posted, the
intravenous Boniva is stronger than oral Boniva. I don't know if Boniva is
weaker than Fosamax. Bone markers and periodic REMS tests should be done to
see if it is working. According to the study, some people felt sick the
first time from the intravenous Boniva, but not as severely as with Reclast.

The other option would be to try to take a partial dose of Reclast
like @windyshores did. It all depends on what we can convince our Drs to do
for us. It's nice that the intravenous Boniva is already a small dose every
3 months.

Thanks for posting.

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