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After 3 months I still get a headache after my injection. Sometimes really miserable and sometimes it is minimal discomfort. For me this whole treatment for osteoporosis is really difficult on our health.
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@robe1018
I don’t know if this will help you or not but if you are not already…
1) Be sure to hydrate throughout the day with fluids (not water it flushes out electrolytes from your system) Try a half cup of prune juice, standard green Gatorade 50/50 water not too sweet.
2) If you drink coffee or something you can add a little to and you don’t have a sodium problem add a 1/8th teaspoon (very small amount of table salt) to it.
3) Take a couple ibuprofen with food like an English muffin with milk, non fat if you can ( calcium) if your doctor says it’s okay…it helps constrict (vasoconstrict a little)
4) Make sure you are getting recommended amount of calcium and d3 you need. Everyone is slightly different. But some say don’t load up on supplements just before bed …take through the day spread around.
5) have your blood checks for markers that can cause headaches…talk to your doctor…
I tried this and it worked for me…
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@robe1018,
hi. the endocrinologist I see thinks that the whole headache syndrome with Tymlos is because of vasodilation of the blood vessels. The medication works because parathyroid hormone we inject tells your body that you are low calcium. It sets off reactions that pull calcium back from your kidneys, draws it from your digestive tract and from your bones and into your blood. Drawing calcium from intracellular spaces relaxes blood vessels. Gradually over the serum calcium returns to normal, but meanwhile,
widening blood vessels in the head stretches pain receptors there and can stimulate the trigeminal nerve to produce chemicals that cause migraine-like throbbing.
All the medications we take (for everything) set off chemical chain reactions unrelated to the illness and often unknown even by our professionals. Our bodies make the discovery sometimes unfortunately for our health.
A single study determined dosage. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00774-023-01455-6 which would tell us how many were enrolled. In the study side effects were said to be not dose dependent. I don't have access to the study itself.
The Tymlos pens are of a fortunate constuction--maybe intentional.