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Praise for Osteoporosis Medication

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@njx58 thanks for sharing that. After a 5 year battle with CRPS which onset after I crushed my heel bone in a fall accident in 2020. Of those years I spent 4 in a wheelchair. I went from living a very active life to becoming bed ridden at age 50..and that wreaked havoc on my bone density. I went in for a bone scan a couple of year back. I wad completely shocked when my spine T score for my spine was as low as -3.0, left femur neck - 2,8, hip - 2.9. I met with an osteoporosis specialist which prescribed me Tymlos. Next a year long battle to get this medication covered by my insurance began. I had two separate attempts at getting it covered and finally 3 months ago it was approved. It is annoying to know that I missed an entire year of treatment due to red tape. I too am expected and to take tymlos for the maximum 2 year period. I am only on my second pen so ca 6 weeks into my treatment and so far so good. It took some time to find a good rhythm for for how to inject it; I do it around 8 am together with all the other meds I’m on. It was so good to read how your t-scores improved that much and even without side effects. I don’t feel any side effects either so I am hopeful my trajectory will be similar to yours. Thanks again for sharing your success story!

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@alexandercrps Oh, I know how you feel. It took me a couple of months to get the authorization form, make sure the doctor sent it to the right specialty pharmacy, get it approved, and FINALLY get the medication. And then try changing insurance halfway through and starting the process again. Your experience was far worse!