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Has anyone stopped Evinity before a yr ?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Sep 14, 2023 | Replies (54)Comment receiving replies
@dreamjean1958 did your doc say why you cannot do Forteo again or Tymlos? You have to go on Reclast after Prolia, and the timing is tricky. Too early and Reclast doesn't work and too late and you have already lost bone.
Perhaps Forteo and Tymlos won't be effective after the Evenity you have done?????
I have lupus and had cancer and my doc agreed Prolia can affect immune system.
You are in a tough spot. I would make an appointment with Keith McCormick and/or another doctor to discuss Forteo or Tymlos after 6 months on Evenity. It is very possible that Prolia IS the best option. But I would want to make sure.
I had heard you could do Evenity after Tymlos or Forteo but not the other way around, possibly because there was little bone growth left to do after Evenity. But I have not seen anything anywhere- including McCormick's book Great Bones- so let us know if it is, indeed, possible to do Forteo or Tymlos after 6 months on Evenity. This is a key question for many and for you!
If your DEXA was done well after finishing Forteo, you have no way of knowing what Forteo did for you, since bone density drops off when you start. Do you think Forteo helped you?
Have you had a DEXA after Evenity to see where you are with bone density now?
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Forteo did amazing for me . I was told before my surgery that my bones were like Butter cream . He would not touch me . I think it was 6 months later . Maybe earlier. Had my neck fusion . What screwed me up. No Dr . No one told me I would need anything else. You only see surgeons for a short time . He was not in Mayo
Although he is one of the best Soine surgeons
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Yrs I had bone density Dexa scan. It increased . But Endocronologist said I’ve gained pretty much what I can . Now the next step is Prolia . He did not mention Forteo at all . He knew I was on Forteo in the past . But no one ever put me on Tymlos or anything else . Frustrating . That’s why my bones are like. Liquid butter . I have one of the worse cases he’s seen for my age . I’m 64 . I just want to crawl in a hole . Lots of people are telling me to su . Not sure who to even su. My surgeon was not at Mayo . But my family practice was .and is . He should have known .