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About to start Prolia: What's your experience?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Feb 27 10:57am | Replies (126)Comment receiving replies
@joan26 the company itself, Amgen, has a list of side effects on their site https://www.prolia.com/how-prolia-works/how-prolia-works?PPC-accountype:MICROSOFT-campaign:BND_DTC_Decision_General_2021-searchterm:prolia+info-adgroup:Consideration_General_PHM-keywordid:p71881835869&gclid=64a5684744f018afcb720aa11fb637fe&gclsrc=3p.ds&&gclid=64a5684744f018afcb720aa11fb637fe
Most drugs will have a longish list of possible side effects, and many reactions will be reported. Prolia has helped some patients, but others have suffered side effects. I would talk to your doctor.
The hardest thing about Prolia is that when you stop or even skip doses, your fracture risk goes up unless you are on something else. My doc does not use it.
@callalloo what do you mean by "bisphosphonate analog"? I have never heard that term. Prolia is a monoclonal antibody that stops production of cells that cause bone loss.
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I can't find where I used the term "bisphosphonate analog" and know Prolia isn't an analog so suspect that it's an auto-correct error.
But Prolia is an anti-resorptive drug so shares that mechanism with bisphosphonates. That's likely what I was referring to with respect to using any of them as 'protection drugs.