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@heidi0974 I would test for bone density if you have been on the big three for a long time. Last year I fell and fractured my arm and the surgeons said they counted up to 40 pieces. I think I was supposed to overhear them discussing the medication I had been on when they said with the medicine I was on and for the length of time it’s not a surprise that my bones were fragile. I had been on ethambutol, rifidin and azithromiacin for, I think 5 years as well as aricayce liposomal for 9 months. It eventually killed the MAC.
Now whether it was my age as well as the medication we will never know. I am now being treated for osteoporosis. I had been on vitamin D capsules for at least 12 months into my treatment. Just might be something to watch out for.
In my opinion it’s better to be safe than sorry.

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@val2652 Interesting what you overheard.
I think it is more a combination of time and then medications that can cause our D level to become lower with time. That is what I feel happened to me with my having gone down to nearly, in not there at the time, zero .... a combination of time/age and medications after my hip replacement surgery.
Glad you posted that.
Barbara