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Has this happened to you? BMD declines with both Prolia and Evenity
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: May 28 11:47am | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
I'm so sorry about your experience.
My bone density improved and moved from osteoporosis to osteopenia without drugs.
Whether or not we take drugs for bone health, there is a lot we can do to help ourselves through diet, supplements, and exercise.
I second the comment to ask for testing. I advocated for myself and saw an endocrinologist who monitored me as I stopped taking thyroid hormones. I read that regardless of if the hormones make the thyroid hyperactive, the pill form extracts calcium from bones.
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Congratulations on your bone density improvement! I have hashimoto's thyroiditis and don't think I would feel well reducing my thyroid medication even slightly. Actually, I think I would feel much better increasing the dosage because I am usually tired and sluggish, but don't want to increase the thyroid hormone because I read that it can extract calcium from bones.
Do you have any side effects from stopping your thyroid hormones?
Where did you read this about thyroid meds? I am taking them and my TSH levels are always at about 2.4. I was borderline about needing the medication 20 years ago, but have been taking it ever since. I asked my Endo about decreasing, but it's not happening. Since I am having so much trouble with my Osteoporosis and he is overly busy, he doesn't seem to want to mess with it.
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That's very interesting. I just saw a Naturopathic doctor who advised the same thing. When I stopped my thyroid medication for a week due to unavailability, I literally tanked in energy. Having my blood work done tomorrow to test my thyroid, but wondering what you did in alternative. You would think Endocrinologists would know this. I've been to two and neither mentioned it.