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Which option to pick???

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Sep 25, 2025 | Replies (45)

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I have a question about why your doctor would do that. Evenity builds bone the first 6 months and then suppresses breakup of bone the last 6 months from what I understand. Prolia also suppresses bone breakdown, so I don’t understand why not finish the last 6 months of Evenity??
Just make sure your doctor does a baseline test of your bone turnover markers (CTX for bone breakdown, P1NP for bone building), and then test again 3-4 months after you start taking your meds to make sure they are working. There is nothing worse than taking a year of medication and then finding out they are not working! I read somewhere that certain osteoporosis meds do not work on 5% of the population.

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I have not been feeling well on Evenity so 7 months is what I will tolerate.
I am scheduled for a DEXA in December but so far, it is out of pocket for me because Medicare won't cover it. My doctor basically threw it back to me because they don't have the time to appeal to Medicare on my behalf 😒.

Any thoughts?? (Other than my doctor is not my favorite)