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Zometa infusions to help prevent bone loss from cancer treatments
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@drummergirl
Reading this a year after you wrote it. My oncologist recommended medication to treat osteoporosis since I was taking an aromatase inhibitor and had a relatively high FRAX score (although DEXA indicated osteopenia). I had hoped to take an anabolic to build bone and then follow with a bisphosophonate but 2 of the endocrinologists I saw both said a firm NO to anabolics. Their concern is the one you raise: an anabolic might stimulate cancer cell growth as well as bone growth.
I'm not sure that is based on solid research but did not want to risk the anabolic.
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@prarysky thank you! Appreciate knowing what your two Drs said.
I am currently doing lots of weights and 30 minutes of exercise every day plus Fosamax, Algaecal powder, and New Chapter calcium. I don’t like this drug, but it seems that after the anabolic (with all their risks), you end up back on Fosamax or something similar. Will see if I can push back into osteopenia by my next DEXA.