I tried Boniva, a biophosphonate in my 40s when I had osteopenia. I had too much bone pain right away so I stopped. 25 years later I’m at the end of the osteoporosis scale, so I got approved for Evenity. My dr said it was the only drug class that both tore down old bone and rebuilt new bone, and that’s what I needed. After a year I had good results.

Then she said I needed a maintenance drug so I didn’t lose my gains. Since I didn’t tolerate a different biophosphonate, Prolia was a good choice as I could take it the rest of my life, once every 6 months. Reclast was one shot a year for 2-3 years only, with a little more side effects. But I had a lot of bone loss and that probably wouldn’t be enough since I’m young, I’d end up on Prolia anyway. She said Prolia was studied more than a lot of the older drugs, and thought I’d do well on it with my other medical conditions. I have the autoimmune disease generalized Myasthenia Gravis, a seizure disorder, neuropathy and some other minor ones.

I always felt nervous considering a new med, but I’ve done my research, talked to my drs, pharmacist and a lot of people online, slept on it, did some more research, and made my decision. I can honestly say I don’t feel bad about any of the choices I’ve made, because I followed this process, and that’s about as good as it’s going to get.
I’ve never had any side effects on either drug except a slight sore arm that I rested a day, and once a shot wasn’t brought to room temp first and I had some flushing. To me it’s been a blessing as I know I did gain bone and am maintaining it. I’m sure it’s the shots and I get 1280mg calcium D&K daily plus exercise