Evenity and side effects: What helps joint and muscle pain?

Posted by rjkesal123 @rjkesal123, Feb 13, 2024

Hi All,
I received my first Evenity injection two weeks ago. Everything was going well, did not even have injection site pain. But the last couple of days I have had joint and muscle pain especially in my neck and upper back, Lower back and arms. I've read the drug peaks around 7 to 14 days. I am wondering if this is normal, has anyone else experienced this and if these side effects subside? Is there anything you take before or after the injection to relieve this pain? It is very uncomfortable. Thank you!

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I had my third set of injections on Tuesday, and I am completely wiped out and so sleepy. For those of you who've had this side effect, did it start with your first injections, and did/does it happen to you with every set? Of course, it varies from person-to-person. I'm just curious to know.

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@hopefullibrarian I’ve had 2 injections. My muscles and joints are so stiff over the last 2 days that I can barely get up from a chair without using my arms. I’m hopeful that this will pass quickly as it came on so suddenly. Fatigue is extreme and real. Dang!

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JMC50
I had my first shot a week a ago and I feel awful. I'm so tired, zero energy, I feel like someone slipped me a drug. I don't know if it messed up my Thyroid. I'm having my blood checked in a few days. I really hope this passes. I do not want to feel like this for the next year while I'm n it.

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So far, I have completed 5 of my 12 monthly Evenity injections. With each injection, I was also getting more (not my usual) muscle and joint pains - even while I was sleeping / resting. (I had also just had spine fusion surgery - along with years of arthritis which added more to my body trying to keep up & repair itself). My calcium levels (taken before each monthly injection) were going up and down. With this last injection, my nurse said my calcium levels were still heading in the wrong direction & if I was just relying on my food intake, that it is nearly impossible to get enough calcium. I went home & did my research. I have now switched from taking just my my usual "Daily Senior Multiple Vitamin" (w/calcium of 288mg/22%DV/Vit D of 1,000IU) along with 1 Vit D capsule (2,000IU = 375%DV total) and "an occasional Tums" for more calcium, to ditching both the occasional Tums & the Vit D capsule. Currently - each morning after breakfast - I am still taking my usual "Daily Senior Multiple Vitamin", but I have also added a "Calcium Dietary Supplement Tablets" (600mg calcium / 800IU Vit D). Then later in the day - with my next big meal, I am taking a second "Calcium Dietary Supplement Tablet"). This has brought my total guaranteed calcium & Vit D levels to a basic & steady 1,488mg (114%DV), and my Vitamin D levels lowered from 3,000 to 2,600 IU (325% DV). So far - in my case - this has done wonders for my unusual & unexplainable overall daily joint & muscle pains (except for my one knee, but I know that knee hurts due to it being diagnosed as being "bone on bone" & I am just waiting until after I finish with my 12 months of Evinity & for my spine surgery to finish fusing before I deal with my knee). Also - very important to remember - is that - since we all have different needs - to be sure to check with your doctor or infusion nurse to get their recommendations on what your particular needs might be.

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@1950usa
Did you say you had spinal fusion? If so how are you doing?

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