Using bone builders only

I was on tymlos for 2 years. I am not a person to take medications but it was a lifesaving necissity. All studies and expereinces that I have been shown indicated that all bone gains will be lost if PTH therapy is not follwed up with an antirepsortive. I sympathize with your concerns about tolerating bisphonsantes -- I was put on actonel ( which leaves the body quickly so may be a good option for you). I am very sensitive and had a rapid powerful response and in less than six weeks my CTX had dropped and came into line. Some peole need 3 - 6 months. However, for me that is what was needed; I was taken off and now will begin Evenity.
My six weeks on Actonel was not without serious issues - inflammatory infections and side effects that still linger. I worked with an Ayuvedic phsyician to take an herbal to protect my gut although I did never had GERD. I started the herbal 2 weeks before starting the bisphosphante. We are all different biologically. I suggest you build a team to guide you - and go through all the necessary labs to make sure you are addressing imbalances. Please Read Grest BOnes by Dr DcCOrmick - it is a eyeopener to understadng this disease and building a vision of healing and hope. I send you postive energy to navigate yourself through this process for the best possible result.

I was on tymlos for 2 years. I am not a person to take medications but it was a lifesaving necissity. All studies and expereinces that I have been shown indicated that all bone gains will be lost if PTH therapy is not follwed up with an antirepsortive. I sympathize with your concerns about tolerating bisphonsantes -- I was put on actonel ( which leaves the body quickly so may be a good option for you). I am very sensitive and had a rapid powerful response and in less than six weeks my CTX had dropped and came into line. Some peole need 3 - 6 months. However, for me that is what was needed; I was taken off and now will begin Evenity.
My six weeks on Actonel was not without serious issues - inflammatory infections and side effects that still linger. I worked with an Ayuvedic phsyician to take an herbal to protect my gut although I did never had GERD. I started the herbal 2 weeks before starting the bisphosphante. We are all different biologically. I suggest you build a team to guide you - and go through all the necessary labs to make sure you are addressing imbalances. Please Read Grest BOnes by Dr DcCOrmick - it is a eyeopener to understadng this disease and building a vision of healing and hope. I send you postive energy to navigate yourself through this process for the best possible result.

I was on tymlos for 2 years. I am not a person to take medications but it was a lifesaving necissity. All studies and expereinces that I have been shown indicated that all bone gains will be lost if PTH therapy is not follwed up with an antirepsortive. I sympathize with your concerns about tolerating bisphonsantes -- I was put on actonel ( which leaves the body quickly so may be a good option for you). I am very sensitive and had a rapid powerful response and in less than six weeks my CTX had dropped and came into line. Some peole need 3 - 6 months. However, for me that is what was needed; I was taken off and now will begin Evenity.
My six weeks on Actonel was not without serious issues - inflammatory infections and side effects that still linger. I worked with an Ayuvedic phsyician to take an herbal to protect my gut although I did never had GERD. I started the herbal 2 weeks before starting the bisphosphante. We are all different biologically. I suggest you build a team to guide you - and go through all the necessary labs to make sure you are addressing imbalances. Please Read Grest BOnes by Dr DcCOrmick - it is a eyeopener to understadng this disease and building a vision of healing and hope. I send you postive energy to navigate yourself through this process for the best possible result.

I need to make a correction to the above --- PTH must be followed up with another medication - it could be antrepsrotive like a bisphosphonate or EVENITY. THere is good research that Evenity can follow PTH. However, Evenity then must be follwed up with a drug to maintain its gains. Hope this clarifies my message.

Further to above, so I answer your question completely, I had to be on drug after tymlos and needed something that would leave the body quickly - actonel. At that time we did not know how much bone building i still needed so flet that we would try Actonel and see if that would suffice. It did not but it do the job needed to reduce CTX.

Hi @tkdesign, Clinical studies in the past had shown that without an antiresorptive to follow Forteo treatment, the bmd gained from it were mostly lost in 1-2 years. On average, women lost at a faster rate than men did. If someone has uncontrolled secondary cause(s) of osteoporosis, the loss might be faster. There was a link/graph posted by @gently a few days ago that shows rate of bone loss after cessation of various osteodrugs.

One can certainly use HRT or SERM (Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator) as an antiresorptive after an anabolic. The question then becomes whether or not their effects are adequate, and what's the optimal duration of their use. I think we have some members here used raloxifene (Evista) after Forteo for maintenance. @teb on this forum has been using HRT x6-7 years since finishing Forteo treatment.