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Good morning! Very appreciative to have this group for information and help! It has been a year of taking fosomax and algaecal. The results are in and the medication, supplements, exercise and diet change all worked positively. I am ostopenic now !yey!as per the results, yet still have osteoporosis on my L3. I have my dr’s appt this coming Thursday. I al guessing he will want me to continue on fosomax because of that one vertebrae…. Just wanted an opinion here if maybe I can get off of fosomax and continue algaecal , exercise and diet, or go for one more year of fosomax? Also do these need to be forever medications? Or once ostopenic one can diacontinue? Thanks in advance for your help!
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That's a great question and I wish I knew the right answer. I have been off Fosamax now for over a year but did two rounds of anabolics (total of six months of treatment) from June to February.
I was started on Tymlos because of the vertebral compression fracture. Long story short: I had side effects from both Tymlos then generic teriparatide that caused me to stop taking all meds about a month ago.
I have an appointment next week with a endocrinologist at the Stanford Bone Clinic for guidance on what to do next. I am on supplements (calcium, D, K, collagen) and an exercise program that emphasizes resistance training and impact.
I have enough alendronate in my bones at this point to last for decades so I want to know if I can stay off meds until my next DEXA and reevaluate then. That's pretty much my plan and unless I get some compelling reasons not to do that, that's what I'm going to do.
I am also through the critical bone loss period of menopause so I'm hopeful I can stabilize.
I'm not opposed to another med but I want to push it out as far as I can because I am 63 and there are (hopefully) a lot of years left in my life.