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Have you used alternative dosages for Tymlos or Forteo?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Aug 12, 2023 | Replies (62)Comment receiving replies
Windyshores, did you get any pushback from the Tymlos people about not using up the full pen within 30 days? (Ie., using lower daily dose would make the pen contents last longer than 30 days.) I have heard that you can't trust that the med will be good past 30 days, but my suspicion is that's manufacturer's sales talk, not the truth. Did your doc weigh in on this?
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Hello, I’m new to this group, having started Tymlos in June, with very few noticeable side effects. I too am wondering about the amount of medicine still in the cartridge after 30 days, even after a month of full doses. It seems like such a waste of very expensive medicine! Maybe refrigerating the cartridge throughout the month would preserve the Tylmos so the entire contents could be used safely and effectively? Anyone with insight on this?
OH, just now seeing the recent response about this very thing! Glad to have that input, thank you! I’ll try to get my doc to give me more needles too.
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Again, the company and pharmacy are bound to the conditions of studies. I refrigerate mine and if I travel, pack it with an ice pack wrapped in a hand towel.
My doc logically expected me to use it past 30 days and prescribed extra needles. The doc didn't even raise the issue but seemed to assume.
The pharmacy that Tymlos/Radius uses did not want to give me extra needles because they expect you to discard after 30 days. But they also encourage keeping it at room temperature.
The ONLY reason to keep it at room temperature is to supposedly make shots more comfortable. The idea is that cold medicine hurts. I don't find that to be true.