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Stopping Evenity Early

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Mar 28 7:58am | Replies (158)

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@oopsiedaisy Good morning! I am sorry for what you have experienced but I also had the same sort of adverse reactions. I quit after 11 months and switched to Actonel but waited a couple of months as I felt like I had ruined my health and it was uncomfortable to even get dressed. Evenity took me out of osteoporosis range and I have continued to hover between osteopenia and osteoporosis in all DEXA scanned areas for almost three years now. I would NEVER do Evenity again as my muscles, bones and joints made it so difficult to move. I always have exercised, skied, run, mtn biked, etc so it was 100% the Evenity that affected me. I am in a way glad I did Evenity as it increased my bone density mostly in my spine (-3.8 to -2.1) but it was hard. It is my understanding the gains are mostly in the first 6 months so I am glad I stopped after 11 mos. Probably should have stopped sooner. The Actonel I think is still affecting some muscles/tendons but exercise helps. Trust what your body is saying. Prolia has been recommended but I am absolutely not doing that. My best to you.

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@lauratys Thank you for the good wishes. I had a vertebral fracture and the pain and disability it caused were so much worse than these side effects. I have one more shot in two weeks and I am done so I am nearly there.

I should be hearing early next week whether two years of anabolic treatments (abaloparatide, teraparatide, and Evenity) have been successful.

I feel so much better than I did two years ago and have fine tuned everything in my lifestyle and worked very hard to improve my overall health physically and mentally. I feel very optimistic, hopeful, and confident about the future.