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I started Forteo 3 mths ago and have bad side affects

Posted by naomikrst @naomikrst, Oct 31, 2023

I started Forteo 3 mths ago and am dealing with bad side affects. I already suffer from chronic ISBD but now have severe diarrhea and have lost 14lbs and every day from the time I wake up until about 2:30 in the afternoon I'm running to the bathroom, it's increased my migraines, I have hair loss, i was taking BP meds before due to high blood pressure but had to stop because now my BP is incredibly low heart rate is high and my BP crashes at least every 2 weeks to 57/37. I already have angina but now because my BP is low I can't take nitro when I'm suffering with chest pains. When I give myself shots I have no problems on the left side but my right side bruises and bleeds every time... These are just some of what I have been dealing with since starting Forteo. Has anyone else experienced anything like this with these shots???? I can't imagine living like this for 2 years!!!

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tkdesign | @tkdesign | Mar 1 1:46pm
In reply to @vmcgrantham "I started forteo two months ago. Now I have had problems with severe headaches, flu like..." + (show)
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I started forteo two months ago. Now I have had problems with severe headaches, flu like symptoms, pain in the neck in the back the arms and the legs. Everybody else sells me. Oh, you have for a couple days. A lot of people say they don’t have any problems. Let me tell you I have problems and then I contacted my Doctor Who just left the practice two days later and her filling doctor. I have kidney issues and I have an autoimmune disorder you’re supposed to be monitored closely with these problems. The one doctor says it was safe to take well she’s wrong so they told me to stop for a week and then go back on it and see if the things change I went off. I had no headaches I had no pain. No problem went back on. I had the same symptoms all over again then two days ago I’ve had burning like in my face head was peeling so bad. I felt so tired, weak pain in my arms and legs where I can hardly walk blue like symptoms again so I think it’s this medication. I don’t think I could take this stuff so I’m just gonna go back to taking calcium K D3 and Boron and do it that way until I see my doctor maybe see what else there is out there I know Prolia is just to maintain bones, but at this point, I don’t know what else to do when you have an auto immune disorder. It seems to counteract everything, and it makes me sick as a dog, but I am not taking something like this one I can’t even function. I can’t even walk right I mean I’m in so much pain

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@vmcgrantham I know how you feel. I tried Tymlos first and after a month developed autoimmune reactions to it...increased BP, heart rate, I had the aches, chills, pains all over my body for over a month, even a week after I stopped it. I want to try Forteo next because that is the only thing left for me to try. But I'm not holding my breath. Yes if you have underlying autoimmune conditions, this makes taking many medications difficult. My bones are so bad, but I'm taking calcium, D, MK4 in higher doses, using HRT, and it's all i know to try. I won't do anti resorptives like prolia...they weaken your existing bone so it's more likely to fracture.

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