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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
There is Forteo, Tymlos and one other according to my endocrinologist but unfortunately, I can’t remember the name of it....perhaps someone here can. I fractured my foot last winter and things are still not good (fractures are healed now-I am on Tymlos now-but they discovered some pretty extensive arthritis also). I wish you the best in finding results that work well for you so fractures do not enter your life.....they are challenging.
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Thanks @migizii Discovering that I have severe osteoporosis was actually due to a trochanteric femur fracture. I called my PCP and asked if I was due for a bone density scan. Turned out I was very overdue since my last scan was in 01.2014 and at that point I had osteopenia. I now know that I should have been getting scanned at least every two years after that. For me this is especially true since I have three medications that can negatively affect bones, plus I lost a lot of weight.
You bring something up that I wondered about. If you have osteoporosis does it take longer to heal? I was told this injury usually takes about three months but I am past two months and still in a lot of pain. I wonder if I will ever be back to normal.
Also, my PCP told me to see a rheumatologist but apparently some people see endocrinologists. Which is better for osteoporosis? I already have an endocrinologist whom I like a lot and is very highly regarded. I did check his clinical interests and there was no mention of osteoporosis.
I sure wish I had known I should have been having scans every two years, I would have taken the initiative to make sure that happened, way back then, not after fracturing something.
JK