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Yes, you need to bookend it with another drug, a bisphophate, for example, when you go off it. All my MDs want to move me to Prolila, yet I hesitate. So far, I am fine with my bisphophate - no bone issues. They note that as I am going into the "aging rapidly" phase of life, I am almost 70 now, that Prolia will have been the smart move, looking in the rear view mirror. Mayo Clinic's webpage on either Prolia or Osteoporosis says something along the lines that Prolia is for severe or hard to treat osteoporosis. I am still mulling thing over. I don't feel I am severe yet. And I think MDs really like Prolia. For me, it is less invasive to take a weekly pill than to remember, upon pain of massive bone loss, to hike in for an injection two times a year.
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I'm 74 and have been on Prolia for about 15 years (with a three year gap, during which time I. had bone loss). My doctor specializes in bone health and plans to keep me on Prolia. She said she would make different choices if I was in my 50's. I have had great success building bone and now have osteopenia. I didn't have severe osteoporosis, but I was clearly losing bone mass and Prolia has done a great job. I don't find it that difficult to get two shots a year, given the positive results.