To: Forteo (teriparatide) followed by HRT: My Experience
Posted by mayblin @mayblin, Sep 29, 2025

Excellent info! Thank you for sharing about FORTEO! Especially with details of your age, before and after scan numbers among other excellent details. Most interesting using HRT after Forteo. I wish you the very best on the bone loss/bone build journey we share.
I am 75 years old. My Spine is my main concern because I experienced an “age related compression fracture”, after a trip stumble going up the stairs, falling on my belly and chest. And I am diagnosed with osteoporosis in my spine.
My PCP suggested I go on to oral medication of Alendronate or once a year IV Reclast. I needed more information and I requested an Endocrinology consult!!
I had to wait four months for my appointment, which I accomplished last Monday, June 15, 2026. The Endocrinologist suggested anabolic Forteo self injections for up to two years. Followed by trying to maintain that new bone that we hopefully would have built, by going on antiresorptive therapy of Reclast or Alendronate.
The Endo specialist ordered a 24 hour urine test, one fasting comprehensive metabolism panel, and 11 other non-fasting tests to hopefully see if or how I was losing calcium. I will get the results of all the lab tests and the 24 hour urine test this week.
You are correct not many people speak about the best anabolic therapy of FORTEO or TYMLOS. They are the big guns of bone building, and with your results apparently they served you well. Thank you very much for sharing your story.
Nan