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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jun 25, 2023 | Replies (47)
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@cloud60 are your bones bad enough that you could get coverage for Tymlos, Forteo or Evenity? I could not tolerate bisphosphonates and insurance may cover the other meds if you try one or two bisphosphonates (that you listed) and cannot tolerate them. Prolia may be a possibility but eventually you would have to switch to a bisphosphonate after Prolia.
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My bones are bad enough but it would take a special letter I guess from my endo to the insurance. So far the endo I’ve had hasn’t advocated for me well enough. Maybe there is a special form I have to get for exceptions from the insurance but my insurance called me and said I have to do what they say is a step program where you try each of their medications in steps. ( which is their list of cheapest to most expensive) The first was daily fosamax. The next is Boniva tablet. Which I don’t want bc it’s 30 days in your body and I can’t tolerate weeks if side effects. I only want to try a daily anything pill or shots. Because I need to be able to stop if it’s bad.
I would never take Prolia bc my Endocrin said it’s the only one you are permanently on medication from