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What does your doctor recommend for follow up to Evenity?
I am getting #9 Evenity injections this month - pondering the follow up drug to maintain the gains. My endocrinologist is recommending Prolia after my 12th month. I’ve been told it continues to increase your bone density for another year, when followed up with the Prolia. Both monoclonal antibody technology- very cutting edge stuff!
Since you can’t stop Prolia ( wind up worse off) it’s giving me pause…
My endocrinologist says if you stop Prolia you have to take something else.
So I still have lots of questions.
I’m in good health and seem to tolerating Evenity fine- though I do feel a little weird day 5-10 after the shots each month. Kinda achy, head/skull seems sensitive- hard to explain.
But goes away.

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Evenity and Prolia are both made by Amgen so the website suggests following Evenity with Prolia 🙂

I am on Tymlos. My doc wants to do a partial dose of Reclast (well-hydrated, and slow infusion) to see how I react. I then might do a stronger dose. He says that with monitoring I could take breaks from meds, but with Prolia this would not be possible.

I would think that if I do Evenity after Tymlos, a possibility, I would follow with Reclast.

There are other biphosphonate options. One poster suggested the shorter acting alendronate if the plan might include going back on a bone-builder, because the anti-resorptives can interfere with them.

The other way of thinking would be to do the longer acting Reclast, which stays in your system and might enable you to take breaks.

I think it depends on our DEXA scores after we finish our current med.