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Any success stories about Evenity to share with fearful me?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Oct 21 11:07am | Replies (78)Comment receiving replies
You have mentioned something that I've been thinking about for awhile now. Growing pains. What should we expect to experience once these drugs are in our systems and begin the positive work they have been created to do. It seems reasonable to me that there are bound to be aches and pains and general discomfort while they do their work. The issue seems to be how to distinguish between those pains that are in service to us and those that signal danger to our bodies. Id love to know how others handle this. My endocrinologist has never spoken about this but I think it would have been helpful to me.
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Had my endocrinologist been clearer about side effects it would have made other decisions along the way easier to make. I feel like in my self advocacy process she learned more from me about the side effects than I did from her. If you have any knee joint issues prior to taking the Evenity, you can expect them to be worse for the first 6 months of the program. They ease up somewhat after that time. The majority of the bone growth occurs through month 6 as evidenced by the CQT results of L1-L2 performed prior to starting and at 3 and 6 months intervals based on my requests for the testing.
Her initial reassurances that none of her clients had reported side effects left me dubious but I did proceed with the program.
I would have been happier with a doc who relied less on drug company data from studies and more on surveys from actual clients. Perhaps I expect too much from today's physicians.
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I associate growing pains with a period of rapid growth, notf normal growth. Therefore, I never experienced those pains and don't see why I should experience them now.