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Has anyone improved bone density without meds?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Nov 25, 2023 | Replies (487)Comment receiving replies
Hi Chris Trout, Thanks so much for your openness about alternatives and the realities of pharmaceuticals. You refer to "a sensitive endocrinologis at Mayo Clinic" who gave you a "medication ... weeklyMonday morning tablet" that did not "overload...and has no side effects." Can I ask, what is that medication and, I wonder, if it is possible for me to consult with this doctor f? I am troubled by the recommendation of my endocrinologist to Evenity, have postponed it twice now. I have a number of issues that may conflict with this medicine.
I have also noted the Black Box Warning that goes with it, as well as a refusal on the part of the British organization NICE to endorse Evenity.
Right now I am trying to increase my calcium intake to 1200 units a day, and to use Vitamin K as well.
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@lashu as you may know, @artscaping is referring to the medication journey she and I share. We did Tymlos to build bone and then she did/ I am about to do a bisphosphonate to "lock in" our gains.
The pill that @artscaping mentions is, therefore, a follow-up not the primary initial medication.
Reclast is a bisphosphonate that is infused. (@artscaping did you do Reclast or Prolia?). I am going to have a test dose that is 20% of the usual amount to see how I handle it. My docs are nervous because of some other health issues. If I cannot handle it I will do what @artscaping did: switch to alendronate (Fosamax) or other bisphosphonate pill. (Chris did you do alendronate?) I have GERD so that may be hard.
Our endocrinologists know that it is better to start with a bone builder and then "lock in" gains with bisphosphonates. But insurance likes it the other way around. Unfortunately, as my docs have said, and studies have shown, the bone builders are more effective if taken first!