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Ok, Made a decision to go with Prolia vs Evenity and will begin in Oct. On one hand, I’m uncomfortable because my understanding is Prolia indirectly builds bone by suppressing the natural bone-sloughing of old cells, and Evenity allows the natural process of building/sloughing to continue. I like that. On the other hand, I’m less uncomfortable because a specialty pharmacist and two doctors have all told me their negative experiences with Prolia have been minimal. That was heartening, and that impacted my decision. I received approvals from Medicare and my backup insurer for Prolia but not what my final cost will be. I alerted my dentist at my recent appointment and they did bone measurements to begin tracking for that possible side effect. So I guess this will be it. 😳 Hopefully I won’t experience the horror story of side effects. I wish nobody had to!

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Did you consider Tymlos or Forteo? I cannot find your original posts. I don't know what your DEXA scores are. But the use of Prolia can make bone-building drugs less effective and once you go off Prolia you may need to go on them anyway, due to the abrupt drop off in bone density once off Prolia. So it might be better to do bone-building drugs like Tymlos, Forteo or Evenity first. But again I don't know your scores or if you have fractures.