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Forteo or Evenity - which to take?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Apr 15 11:48pm | Replies (92)Comment receiving replies
My 92-year old mother took a full course of Forteo (2 years), after falling and breaking her hip. She tolerated the medication well and experienced no adverse side effects. She did not "step down" to any other bone meds. FYI, she lived for six more years and was active until within her last 6 - 8 months. She had several more falls subsequent to taking Forteo, but she never had another fracture.
Her experience with the med was so impressive that I am now considering taking Forteo (as opposed to Tymlos or Evenity), for my own bone problems.
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@gb76 Forteo and Tymlos are very similar. I believe Tymlos is slightly better for spine. I chose it because the dose pen is adjustable.
I am surprised that your mother did so well without following up with a bisphosphonate to "lock in" gains. I have been told that without that, bone loss recurs and I would lose any progress I have had, and some posters here have had that experience.
Reclast isn't really a step down drug so much as a drug to seal the new bone, from what I have been told. And I may only need one or two doses with monitoring.