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Hi. Has anyone taken the drug Evenity for osteoporosis? Have you experienced side effects? Thank you.

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Hi. Yes, I had my 6th injection last week. I’ve had no problems except for redness and some soreness at the injection site. I wish you a good experience should you decide to give it a try!
Elisabeth V.
Long Island

I started Evenity in June 2021 and have just completed the course and had a bone density test. Evenity really helped. I had undiagnosed celiac disease with no symptoms that was only discovered when I was 61 years old. This is a reason why I had severe osteoporosis. For 20 years I was taking Actonel, Fosomax and finally Prolia with only a slight improvement in my hips; none in my spine. My one Prolia injection had an unusual side effect, a messed up sense of taste, so I never took it again. Finally my primary provider sent me to a Enterologist. I was put on Evenity after getting the OK from my dentist to assure I had no dental problems. I wasn't aware of other side effects. I have now gone from severe osteoporosis to a slight reading just above osteopenia, so the treatment was a great success. I'm delighted; my only possible side effect to date was a rash after my eighth treatment (I have a mild sulfa allergy). I was the first patient in the practice to finish the year-long course. It was expensive ($420 co-pay per month), but I took a hard fall a few weeks ago and had a really banged-up swollen and bloody knee and a swollen, bruised ankle, so no broken bones was worth the cost.