Tymlos causing belly fat?

typo -- I have not had any stomach issues before tymlos....

I have been on Tymlos for a year and yes my stomach is larger, but I also have a large hernia , so I blamed that. You may be onto something!!

Thanks for the encouragement! Did injecting on the thighs help or is there a metabolic reason we gain weight, specifically in the abdomen?

I’m going to trying increasing my aerobic activity. I strength train 3 times a week so just need to add aerobics back into the mix.

Best wishes!

Is it ok and just as effective to inject in the thigh area? Did it eventually help your abdomen area to get less “puffy”? I might want to try it. I hate having to get bigger size pants bc of my waist!

jennirdh,

My previous rheumatologist told me that Tymlos could be injected pretty much anywhere - even in one's arm - but it's pretty to inject oneself in the back of the upper arm. He told me to inject anywhere that made it easy, which is thigh, abdomen, etc.

When I was prescribed Evenity, the nurses always injected in the back of my upper arms which seemed, for some strange reason, "normal" :).

As far as the belly fat is concerned, I feel like I'm now starting to lose some of the jelly roll, and although I have a puffy abdomen, that extra "flab" has begun to disappear. I'm about a year post-Evenity. I've also begun to lose weight overall and eat more sensibly.

Be patient, it might take awhile, but there's hope. I think my old jeans are just around the corner waiting for me. Wishing you the best. Cheers!

My stomach issues got so bad that I, at one point, thought I was having heart issues. I visited my cardiologist who ordered an echocardiogram . . . nothing wrong with my heart. A PA in the doc's office ordered up some Omeprazole and (I think it was called) Carafate, which fixed me up pretty quickly. In a subsequent scope of my upper GI, no hernia was found (although one doc described it as a possible sliding hernia which he couldn't see at the time of the endoscopy).

Since starting to eat better/less and lose some weight, I've been saving money by not using Tums and I haven't taken an Omeprazole in months.

However, dmshope, your post is very interesting . . . I'm due to have a PTH lab done in October, so I'll see how that looks. Thanks for your post!

Cheers!

I also got a big belly after 4 months on Tymlos. I couldn't stand it anymore, I have been off it since July14, 2025 My belly is still huge. It makes my posture slump forward. I am going to investigate Reclast, I don't know if I can get my pre-Tymlos belly back. I also am 70. Thank you all, for all your information .

Loss of estrogen during menopause also leads to belly fat.

Cardio burns out the adrenals and raises cortisol. I would stick with the weight training just go heavier.