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Hi Sunnyfloweer. Thanks for your post. There are several new drugs that do help rebuild bone and I have tried 2 of them but don't yet know what the results are. I started with Evenity which is probably the mildest of the anabolic treatments. They claim that "EVENITY® works to both build new bone and to a lesser extent slow down bone loss at the same time" https://www.evenity.com/why-evenity/how-evenity-works
Evenity is a once a month injection done in the doctor's office.

I felt kinda bad while I took it but I stuck with it for 5 months. Then I wanted to try something different. The doctor put me on Tymlos which is similar but is self-injected once a day. I felt worse and after 2 weeks I stopped it.

I am now seeing a different doctor because the first doctor said I could not go back on the Evenity. So I will start it again next week with my new doctor.

Because I have neuropathy I can't be sure what causes my symptoms - is it the neuropathy or is it the medicine? Anyway I am running out of options. My neuropathy is getting worse fast and I have to become a lot more proactive in getting exercise and sleep. And I am gong to have to tolerate whatever Evenity dishes out or give up. But I have a new doctor and we'll see what she says. Everyone is different so just because I have side effects doesn't mean that you will have them. From what I hear many people have no or mild side effects from these drugs. I have been on Fosamax (Alendronate) for 3 months and did not have any noticeable side effects but as you know it doesn't rebuild any bone so since my osteoporosis is severe I am going to give Evenity a shot again (no pun intended). I hope you find something that works for you.

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Thank you for this good information and I am so sorry you're neuropathy symptoms are worsening! Can you describe your symptoms when you didn't feel well on Evenity and Tymlos? I have always had some of the worst side effects to almost every medication I've been on for various health problems in the past. But I am an optimist so I do not set myself up for failure thinking that I will have adverse unwanted side effects. It is good to know that the Evenity does both remove old bone and build new bone. I wasn't aware that we had a drug yet that does both things. Thanks so much, Sunny flower 😊