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bendammc, yes. The most common choice after Prolia is Reclast, if you doctor agrees. They have the power of the pen. Zometa comes in lower doses of the same bisphosphonate as Reclast.

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more clearly (sorry) Prolia is the most common choice of medications after Evenity. Reclast is the second most common choice made. Common "wisdom" is that Evenity should be followed by an antiresorptive because Evenity is called an anabolic, though it is known to be mixed being more antiresorptive at the second half of a year's treatment. So a patient could take any of the bisphosphonates that they can tolerate. Many of our doctors are sold on the Evenity to Prolia sequence. Amgen sells the sequence.
Doctors aren't always receptive to our preferences. If a patient finds out when they finished evenity that their doctor isn't giving them a choice, it is a great scramble to find a new and interactive physician who might prescribe their choice in the short timeframe between medications.
My own doctor, who may be the best doctor on the planet, was absolute that I would have to take Reclast for two years after Forteo. Before I even received the pens, I was looking for a doctor to switch over to at the end of the two years. I consulted with several, found two likely. six months before what would have been my last Forteo injection, I scheduled a follow up with both of them. While I have complete respect for doctors who have opinions different from mine, I even like to consider those opinions carefully, this is how Evenity can become part of the Prolia trap.