Please check into the side effects before you take that drug. I joined a group of people dedicated to using natural remedies for bone loss. Many of the women are improving (measured by their DEXA scan scores) without these heavy duty drugs. My understanding, which my doctor confirmed, is that the bisphosphonates stop the body from shedding old bone. Instead of letting it leave the body, the old, dead bone lingers on the new bone giving it the appearance of being thicker bone.. the minute you stop taking those drugs, all of the old dead bone is eliminated from the body! You are back to the beginning. I talked to three women who got osteonecrosis from bisphosphonates- they told me you can’t stop the osteonecrosis by going off the drug. Once it starts, it won’t stop. I’ve had fractures as well. I’m going with food-based calcium tablet, magnesium, boron, vitamins d3 and K2 (mk4 and mk7), and a good food-based multivitamin. You can only absorb 500 mg total of calcium and magnesium at a time so I take only that amount every 4 hours. I will get a new DEXA scan around March or April. I had a shortage of human growth hormone (HGH), so I take that daily (by prescription). And because my osteoporosis is so bad, I am taking a low-dose estrogen and progesterone daily. I have not had anymore fractures ( knock on wood). I will post the results of my next scan when I have them.)