Does alendronate help the bones

@zaileighfaith My hips have been in the same range as yours since 2018. It's difficult to improve hip bone density but I keep trying. I'm really active and have fallen on my hips during my activities many times but have never had a fragility fracture, even with a serious motor vehicle accident. Even though my T-score is low, I appear to have pretty strong hip bones.

I did have a vertebral fracture three years ago and did a round of Evenity which improved my spine a lot. I'm trying to avoid another one as that really had a huge impact on my life.

It's easy to spiral into worry and feeling overwhelmed but know that there are many of us here who remain very active and are positively able to manage our osteoporosis. I count myself as one of them. Hang in there!

@zaileighfaith
Here is a you tubetube video that can help with understanding the various drugs and their function. He also talks about sequencing which is important. Unfortunately he is quite a fast talker. Hope it helps a bit.

@zaileighfaith no it’s doesn’t build bone. Once you complete the treatment period you now have the structure to support bone growth. In my experience you are placed on another medication after the drug holiday and in the meantime we as patients need to do our part by exercising, resistance training, working against gravity to help your bones. It’s not a medicine only treatment plan. If you find a better system that works as well after clinical trials I’d try it.

@zaileighfaith
K2 is a vitamin. There are studies implying K2 may reduce the liklihood of fractures, taken in 15 milligram doses 3 times daily. The K2 I see in stores is far lower doses — 100 micrograms — meaning I’d need 4.5 bottles every day to get 45 milligrams . So I’m ordering online. I’ve talked to my rheumotologist who said its no problem to take it but there’s not enough evidence for Cleveland Clinic to recommend K2. Some of the online sites say K2 is supposed to direct calcium to the bones instead of the arteries! I doubt that’s provable though I like the idea.
I’m not taking collagen.

@zaileighfaith
My orthopedic surgeon told me the same..plus I had a reaction to it.

@walkesu
I read it on a promising Japanese study on this group.. I take a liquid version. But I am probably not taking enough.

@julieilic

Orthopedic surgeon? Who treats your Osteoporosis?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S8756328220302982

@gravity3

No. My primary doctor originally had me take the osteoporosis medication a while ago. I had a reaction to it and my then osteoporosis doctor had me stop the medication.
My orthopedic doctor did my hip replacement.
And viewed my Dexa at my hip replacement follow-up appointment over a year ago.
And I asked his opinion on the medicine that I had stopped due to a reaction. No he didn’t treat my osteoporosis. So now I have a new Dexa showing things are worse. And I have to get a new endo dr or rheumatologist dr. I am also looking at new advancement studies for a clinical trial. But I don’t think they are available yet. I don’t trust any of the current pharma drugs. Even the Dexa tech told me he hears a lot of problems from patients..

@julieilic

If this helps I was on alendronate for 5 years, forteo 2 yr., evenity for 1 yr., Prolia for 2+ yr.

Never any side effects.
Hope you find a great doc who can guide you through this.