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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
@marib: Interestingly enough I watched a Prolia commercial this weekend and examined what it said. The side effects took longer to list than anything positive, but what I looked at was what many of us should think about; what REALLY is our risk of a fall leading to a broken bone? If you don't climb stairs or hold a banister when you do, if you don't have small children or dogs with toys to trip over, if you don't live around or walk on ice, if you hold on to a shopping cart in a grocery store to avoid wet floors and slippery conditions, if you do exercise as much as possible.....then what really IS your risk of fracture, compared to risking the side effects of these drugs? I don't know the answer, but I find that MOST pharmaceuticals have known and hidden side effects, and natural treatments often work as well if not better.
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Absolutely agree with you on all accounts! Great points in weighing the benefits of taking these drugs or not taking them. Vitally important to consider that the side effects can be long-time or "life-long" even if you stop taking them!
I recently found out that I have Osteopenia, -2.2, and my doctor had recommended Prolia. My insurance would not pay for it so she then prescribed Boniva, orally. I took one dose and the next day had the worst back pain I have ever had. I will not take it again and after reading about Prolia I don't want to take it either. I am 61 and outside of living in Nebraska where we have ice quite often, I am going to take my chances and try eating more calcium rich foods and doing some weight excercises. I used to think that if a med could fix things I should go for it but I have experienced side effects more often lately and I am done with them!.
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Two months before I turned 50 I tripped and fell and broke my left wrist. Becuse I had read an article in NPR, I inisisted on a Bone Density Scan. I live in Switzerland and my doctor here was not in agreement but I insisted. I was diagnosed with Osteoporosis and took Bonviva injections for two years. It got worse and I switched to Prolia. I just had my DEXA scan last week after two years on Prolia and there is improvement in my bone density... still Osteoporosis though. I am 54 now and in trying to get to the root cause have discovered Normocalcemic Hyperparathyroidism. In September I had to have my thyroid removed and one parathyroid. Now my parathyroid hormone is through the roof again am scheduled for a scan at the beginning of January hoping to find the troublesome parathyroid and have it removed. Hyperparathyroidism contributes to Osteoporosis. This was a long winded reply to say... so far, Prolia has worked for me and I have no side effects that I know of. At my age and the level of my Osteoporosis, I am trusting my specialist. It does worry me though that I can never go off of this sort of medication.