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Can Prolia be safely and reasonably discontinued?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jun 6 4:43pm | Replies (85)Comment receiving replies
@hlp123 I am in the opposite position...I have been taking teraperatide (fosamax) injections for 18 months. I am faced with having to stop teraperatide in the next 6 months and my doc is saying prolia injections every 6 months. I want off the merry go round! Anybody know what the options for Titrating are? I won't be doing this on my own but with my endocrinologist if I can convince her
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@katjopnw: Teraperatide is forteo, not fosamax. I gave myself daily injections for 2 years, many years ago. It was great, for me. I didn't have any side effects and my bone density increased phenomenally. Afterward, the doctor tried to talk me into Prolia but back then it had not been on the market that long so I declined. Instead I had an estrogen patch, (.025) and every 2 years my dexa scan showed I had maintained the gains I had make with forteo. Then, after 10 years or so, I had DCIS (stage 0 breast cancer) and the oncologist said I had to stop the estrogen patch. Predictably, my next dexa scan showed I had lost bone density. Finally, after my next dexa scan, 4 years later, I followed my endocrinologist's advice and went on Prolia. I have gained a little bit, I am assuming from loading up on calcium and vitamin d, because my understanding is Prolia's main focus isn't really to increase bone density but to slow bone break down.