@moni54 You are so right, the people who are most apt to post are those who have problems. The serious problems from these drugs are very rare, like 1 in 10,000. I believe that is lower than the problems from a hip fracture when you are older. Older people who fracture a hip may end up in a wheelchair for the remainder of their life, and 20% of those people die within a year.

I struggled with deciding on a pharmaceutical but after doing all of the right things for a year my DEXA scan was worse so I will be starting on a therapeutic drug this month. I will probably start on Tymlos and after two years I will have to go on something else to maintain the gain I have achieved. I'm not happy with this, I tend to often get "rare" side-effects but I think I have to do it. At this point, I can't afford to have my osteoporosis continue to worsen.

Boron is still not considered to have been tested enough for doctors to recommend it but the tests that have been done do seem to show a slight improvement and it has caused no serious side-effects. Just do not use Borax, it is not food grade and there is no guarantee what is in it. It is used as a poison for rodents.
JK