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Struggling with Tymlos medicine

Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Feb 9 1:02pm | Replies (95)

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Hi, Everyone-- I'll weigh in... I, too have struggled with this drug-- for all the reasons everyone is talking about and throw in hair loss, which is psychologically crushing. I'm approaching month 5 and have have only gotten to 4 clicks in that time. That's all I can take--I'm very small. I have vowed to quit Tymlos every day since April. As Windyshores knows, I'm just hoping that a half-dose will have some beneficial effect. For what it's worth to you: my current plan is to make it to 6 months, have a Dexa scan, and see where I am. If I've achieved no gains/no significant gains in that time (when gains are supposed to be the greatest), I think I will stop. I, too, am miserable on this drug but am trying to do what's best for me long-term.

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If you need to stop before the 2 years and without "locking in" the gains with Fosamax, do you need to be concerned with the 'rebound effect' which causes bone loss at a greater rate than before you took the drug??