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@windyshores

Maybe someone said that they felt as if they were on chemo-?

There are no bone drugs that have "chemo" in them. as I understand "chemo" to mean.

Biphosphonates and denosumab are used WITH chemo when cancer has spread to bones, to prevent fractures.

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That probably is what's causing the confusion. I realize that even though my doctors are excellent, you really have to research anything you take. When I had my strange taste problem right after taking Prolia, I refused to take any more. Now after reading so much about it, I really got off lucky. I can't believe it's still on the market.
I just picked up my weekly prescription for Actonel. I see that has caused many problems also. When I took it some years ago, it was the monthly dose and I handled it just fine, although it didn't help my bones very much. I'll be more vigilant this time now that I know the side effects and the levels of severity.
If I had my life to live over (I'm 83) I would have run, hiked and lifted weights more to avoid all this. Still, with my undiagnosed celiac causing little nutrition getting into me for my first 61 years, I guess even that wouldn't have helped much.