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Struggling with Tymlos medicine

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Sadly, windyshores has retired, but has left us with the wealth of her experience.
Start as low as you want 1 or 2 clicks and wait a day or so to see if there is negative effect, then move up a click or two and wait again. This gives your body a chance to adjust.
Some are dizzy after the injection as calcium is released into the bloodstream. It expands the blood vessels making your heart beat faster.
You can mitigate the effect by starting out hydrated, giving more volume to the blood to help fill the dilated vessels. Caffeine and salt constrict the blood vessels. Tea and an olive maybe.
As the vessels expand your blood pressure will drop, which you may not notice.
Some take the full 8mcgs and never notice anything. Some few are allergic to phenol the preservative in Tymlos.
The needle is so, so tiny. You can't injure yourself with it and you might not even feel it.
Some people pinch their skin first. If you pinch and let go before injection you are less likely to have a tiny bruise. You can inject in your stomach or your thigh with the same absorption rate. I like the thigh though I'm on the other pth drug, Forteo.
Nice sequence Evenity to Tymlos.

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Thanks so much for the info & advice. I think I'll start with 2 clicks per day for the first 3 days, then increase gradually. I suffer from slight arrhythmia with a heart murmur, so I think it pays to take thinks slow. Thanks again. Lisa

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@gently Thank you so much for the info & advice. This forum for discussion is a life saver, since endocrinologist don't tell you the option of starting Tymlos gradually. Appreciate your knowledge & support. 🙏Lisa

@gently We have communicated before about Tymlos. I just wanted to add that my Endo at first wasn’t aware of the titration but she is now. In fact, she said to me, Tymlos trials were only done with 8 clicks so that’s why they are forced to say that. But she says, that doesn’t mean lower clicks aren’t helping. She said start with two and work up slowly as your body adjusts. Not to stress trying to get to 8. I believe I have read on here that four is therapeutic from Windy Shores who helped us so much with her story.