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Forteo (teriparatide) followed by HRT: My Experience
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Feb 20 8:32pm | Replies (190)Comment receiving replies
@hansens Wow, your Forteo results are amazing - such huge gains at all sites! You must be thrilled with your progress.
It looks like some of those gains in your lumbar spine and left femoral total have dipped on Raloxifene, which isn’t too surprising since raloxifene is the weakest among all antiresorptives and, depending on the individual, sometimes isn’t enough to fully maintain Forteo gains. It’s also worth noting that, from what I’ve read, estrogen can take 6–9 months to reach its full effect. So checking CTX might be a helpful way to see how your dose is working going forward.
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@mayblin - I (F/72) have been following this Forteo/MHT thread even though I'm currently taking the Evenity injections. I have 8 mo remaining to continue my research into options other than another drug.
I've been on a low-dose Estradiol (cream) & Progesterone (oral) for many yrs, but am currently looking for a dr who will reevaluate in light of OP.
From what I've read, it seems that most are using a patch. My friend's patch to address OP is 0.75. My cream is 0.25. What methods & doses are you seeing effective enough to increase or hold the gains post drugs? I realize each person's body is different & there are many variables.
Thanks for allowing me to cut in on the Forteo discussion!
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@mayblin I agree with you. I was told DXA scans aren’t too expensive. So I plan to pay out of pocket at the one year of HRT. Will also have CTX testing done-great suggestion.