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Sounds like you are in the same position I was. I called it a booster round because I took Forteo in 2016 for two years and it was recommended again now, as my numbers had slight decline, but are baseline low to start with. So I am currently doing the bio identical brand Teriparatide because it is cheaper, but basically the same thing (so I'm told). They only prescribed it for 18 months though. I did Raloxifene as maintenance after Forteo and will return to that. Did you do anything after Forteo the first time? I am very reluctant to do Evenity as it is made by Prolia and I had severe reaction to that. Also, from what I am reading, it does not hold its gains as well as Forteo.

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I took Reclast after Forteo, then tried to do just exercise/diet for a few years, and was holding steady on DEXA. This year my DEXA scores dropped (to -3.6 spine), and I suffered a traumatic spinal fracture. So now my endo is giving me a choice of anabolic med- retrial Forteo (generic, she says it’s the same) or Tymlos or Evenity. Given that Evenity scares me a little and I had no side effects to Forteo, I’m leaning toward that. One concern I have is that the first year on Forteo I had no change int he first year so I would probably have to take it for 2 years to see gains and my endo is recommending two more years.