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How do you halt the progress of osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Dec 15, 2023 | Replies (148)Comment receiving replies
Hi Mary, what osteo medicine did you take and for how long? what was your t score on femur neck before and after? I also took medicine (actonel) for 6-7 years) and it seems to work on all parts of my body except the femur neck. So for 14 years nothing changed except the femur neck, it went from -3.3 to -3.7. Hip has been -2 for 14 years and spine and extremeties are kind of normal. do you know the most important exercise to do is to do squat. I have not done it until 3 months ago so I plan on doing that everyday and also started Actonel again since 3 months ago. And putting a heat pad on the femur neck to increase the blood circulation since there are only 2 tiny blood lines going into the next of femur so I want to increase blood going there. I am just so depressed and that is why I am here to see if there is anything to help my situation. My doctors swore up and down about Prolia shots. I am terrified and just about to decide not to take them. Did you reject Prolia as well?
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Listen to your Dr. This avoidance is doing more harm than good
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Hi,
Actonel was one of the meds I took about 20 years ago but developed a skin rash from it rather quickly. Was on Fosamax for a while and then Boniva for 5 years which was the max number of years my Doctor said to be on for any meds at that time. I worked for Orthopedic Surgeons then so got free scans every 2 years. Improvement was insignificant after all those years all in the -2.8 for neck and -3.5 range for other parts.
Had a dexascan 2 years ago and all were on the -3.5 range which did increase , especially on the neck, but I did not want to go back on any meds.
My ARNP actually persuaded me to get that scan before the pandemic, which I did, and she was very upset that I would not consider any meds or injections. So upset, she called my daughter who is also an ARNP who said we were discussing it. My daughter and I did discuss it...we talked about the vitamins which I take religiously and she respects my decision not to take any meds. She knows me and my diet and my active life style and knows I am careful in what I do.
No, I would not consider taking any injections of any kind especially those that remain in your system for so long. That’s my personal decision. I did my research but I can understand the fear and confusion. Forums like this are a tremendous asset especially if you are being pressured from the medical community to do it their way.
You should not feel terrified and I blame the medical community for that. If you decide against the shots, you can always change your mind. Not an easy decision to make when your health is at stake.
FL Mary