hi @becymel .... i must be in a bad mood today, lol but I am getting quite concerned about taking ANY meds these days! I realize medicine's benefits but so many side effects, short term effects, long term effects... and then some side effects are treated by doctors (not critisizing them) ...the doctors treat some side effects as another illness and another prescription and it seems to snowball from there. I have never taken as many pills (still not a lot compared to my spouse and others) but I have never ever worried as much taking medications ever before. The Internet has been a valuable source of information, could not do without it, but of course conflicting information on various sites its mind-bobbling. Even here in Canada re the vaccine for Covid, news bulletin issues and can go to sleep at night assured that your decision is based on fact; wake up to conflicting information - from reliable source like Health Canada, and opposite and then have to rethink it all. I just retyped my spouses daily list of am and pm meds (15) although he is ambulatory (heart surgery Nov) and I cringe. They had the stone age; industrial revolution, etc. etc. what are we going to be known as... the medical mystery marvelous madening miracle misery mixed up generation? Anyone here scared to even start reading the ingredients on things any more .... even food items? Where's the nearest rabbit hole??????

@beckymel I feel negligent because it has somehow escaped me that my levothyroxine could be contributing to my osteoporosis as could the omeprazole that I took for several years. I am also on prednisone which is a major cause of osteoporosis so I attributed it to that.

I started doing Tymlos injections a couple of weeks ago because my osteoporosis has gotten quite advanced. Unfortunately, there is no drug for osteoporosis without side effects, but I think that's true of all drugs. From what I have heard the percentage of people on drugs for osteoporosis who have serious side-effects are in a small minority.

I guess we all just have to forge ahead with hopes we will not be a part of that small minority with serious side-effects.
JK

@beckymel I take Lanzoprazole (generic Prevacid) and Levothyroxine (generic Synthroud?) too. For years I took both together in the morning but now I take my Levothyroxine in the morning and Lanzoprazole at bedtime (head of bed raised).