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@micheleneual

Hello, my rheumatologist started me on Evenity. After the 3rd month of the 2 injections I woke up and my lower jaw was out of place, I couldn’t open my mouth, it sounded like mush or sand in there. My doctor immediately took me off Evenity. He gave me an order to see a Maxillofacial surgeon. Every one of them only take dental insurance and I’m on Medicare. I’ve been told I have developed necrosis of the jaw. I’ve been giving up on finding a surgeon in my area, I don’t know what else to do.

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I am so sorry. Are you close to or can your doctor refer you to a teaching hospital with oral surgeons. I had to do that over a jaw issue following an extraction and my medical insurance took over instead of my dental insurance.

Michelle, I’m so sorry that happened to you. My thoughts & prayers are with you. My Rheumatologist told me that could be a possibility but put me Evenity because Prolia caused serious dental problems & she took me off it. Then she tried too put me on Forteo but I couldn’t afford the high cost. So after playing ring around the Rosie with drugs, I’m on Evenity. She did warn me that it could cause jaw issues like yourself. I just had my 1st 2 shots & waiting for the next one. I’m scared too death! I can no longer chew or eat well since Prolia & scared things will progress on Evenity. The doctors counsel you on how bad these drugs are but still put you in it. We are damned if we do, and damned if we don’t. I wish you the very best & hope things get better.

That’s so awful. I wonder if you contact the manufacturer, Amgen, and told them the situation, they would be so worried about their image that they’d pick up the cost of your dental treatment.