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@migizii thanks for sharing your experience with Reclast. I have had good results according to the dexa scan which I had after a year and a half of being on Prolia. Very good results. You need to know one very important thing about Prolia. If you stop Prolia after having had about three injections (one is okay), you risk getting vertebral compression fractures up to two years after stopping if you do not start another osteoporosis medication. This is referred to as a "relay" drug. Amgen tells you this in their information pamphlet to both patients and doctors and doctors sometimes neglect mentioning this little detail. Drug holidays from Prolia are no longer recommended.
In my particular situation it's a bit like (if you'll forgive the expression) "damned if you do, and damned if you don't. (Maybe). To date, I have not had fractures.
Very sorry to hear about your foot and the long recovery process. I wish you good health. It's a leap of faith with these meds.

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Thank you for the information. I won’t be taking another holiday, but I was younger and tired of taking a number of medications, thinking one year wouldn’t have a significant impact. My doctor tried to warn me, but I didn’t listen. This did not impact my foot fracture as I did that many years ago (I’ve had osteoporosis since age 47 and I’m 65 now). The tricky part will be the long term care given the drugs I’ve taken; bad reactions; etc.....