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Struggling with making an osteoporosis treatment decision
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jun 4 11:43pm | Replies (661)Comment receiving replies
That's the rub...when I started last June I was told "this is the only bone density med you'll ever have to take again." Since Evenity was new, I guess that was the thinking. Now I've been told that in a year I will have to have an infusion of ?; I hear infusion and I think chemo. That may be incorrect, but I hear that there's some chemo in several bone medicines, and I just don't want that. ..so much for listening to doctors. We seem to have agreed that weekly Actonal is what I'll be taking, since I had it for years before without any issues.
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Infusion sounds familiar - I had a Reclast infusion for the 1st time. I have never been in drugs, 12 hrs nothing felt great, 24 hrs hrs. it had me understand the covers shaking and in a cold sweat for 2 days, aches pains, I lost 6lbs in 4 days, eye pain that sent me to the emergency room and then had all kinds of symptoms off and on this year. I am due for another one this year - NOT !!! I will see what the bone density results are. I know everyone has their own experience with reclast but I had to share mine. I am healthy I workout 5 days a week, developed osteoporosis from acid blockers and when I was told I had osteopenia I didn't do reclast per my doctors suggestions 2 years later I had osteoporosis. I don't know what I will take next ?
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The infusion would be either Reclast or Prolia. Reclast is a bisphosphonate, just like Fosamax and Actonel. So you would probably do well with that. But it's great that you can handle oral Actonel- some of us can't!
I am curious what you mean about "chemo in several bone medications." Lots of drugs are infused and don't resemble chemo other than method of administration.