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Prolia treatment for osteoporosis: What is your experience?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jul 13 3:27pm | Replies (1246)Comment receiving replies
My mother Sobha Ghoshal ( aged 77 years) has taken Bonmax Pth (teriparatide) injection for 2 years for Osteoporosis. But it failed to increase the bone density in the hips and so the risk of hip fracture is still there after completion of 2 years course. The T score in the femur neck right as well as left in the hips did not improve at all from the first BMD Test done on 19.09.2018 although there is drastic improvement of bone density in AP Spine. Please see the chart below.
BMD TEST done on 19.09.2015
BMD Test Done on 18.09.2017
Region
T-Score
Region
T-Score
Femur Neck Left
-2.2
Femur Neck Left
-2.2
Femur Neck Right
-2.1
Femur Left Right
-1.8
AP Spine L1-L4 is 1.007 g/cm2
-2.2
AP Spine L1-L4 is 0.920 g/cm2
-1.4
Doctor has recommended her Prolia injection for at least 5 years for the next course of action. Can Prolia increase the bone density in the hips and reduce the risk of hip fracture? OR should she go for Reclast/Aclasta (Zolendronic Acid) OR ESTROGEN treatment to increase the bone density in hips to reduce hip fracture. Kindly advise what should be the first line medication for her?
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My rheumatologist is very knowledgeable about drugs as she was a pharmacist before becoming a doctor. I was on teriparatide for two years and saw a large increase in bone density--i believe it usually increases the BMD in the spine more than the hip. I was on reclast for 3-4 years. My doctor then recommended prolia. She said that what she liked was that BMD continued to increase after stopping prolia.
I was diagnosed with severe osteoporosis at the age of 40--most likely due to use of steroid inhalers for my asthma. After 18 years of treatment with fosomax, teriparatide, reclast, and now prolia, I have finally progressed from severe osteoporosis to osteopenia. I am now 58. I am going to continue treatment as I do not want to have a broken hip at the age of 87 as my mother did. This is not a 2-3 year treatment that will fix everything. It's a long journey, and one that I'm willing to take to prevent spine compression fractures.