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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: 20 hours ago | Replies (25)
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@drummergirl

Hi Helen- My Dr suggests I take Evenity. I have had serious concerns about the side effects of these drugs, but most of all I have been very careful not to do anything to tempt a reoccurrence of my triple negative breast cancer. In all your counseling at Mayo, did you get any advice about any connection between Evenity and cancer?

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Helen, Volunteer Mentor | @naturegirl5 | 1 day ago

@drummergirl My endocrinologist did tell me that he recommended Evenity because I had a recurrence of endometrial cancer and had radiation therapy. Other medications such as Forteo have associated risks of bone cancer. Evenity is new enough that my endocrinologist said that these results were based on animal (rat) studies and that bone cancer had not been reported in humans.

There are other risks associated with Evenity but these are not cancer-related. A person with a history of stroke, or heart disease, should not be prescribed Evenity. I did not have a history of stroke or heart disease.

If this were me and I had a history of triple negative breast cancer I'd ask a lot of questions too. In the end you make a decision based on your risk factors vs. benefits. For me the benefits outweighed the risks since I knew I did not want to advance in age with the osteoporosis frailty that my mother did in the 1990's.

What did your doctor say about your risks?

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