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Has anyone improved bone density without meds?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Nov 25, 2023 | Replies (487)Comment receiving replies
Good evening @windyshores and @lashu, Great to hear from you and be able to share health experiences for the benefit of others.
So after the two years with Tymlos, my endocrinologist at the time told me Prolia was the only follow-up. After a year of frightening jaw pain, I requested a consultation at the Mayo Clinic. His recommendation was Alendronate......and a weekly dosage with some "rules" about taking it. The weekly arrangement prevents me from having way too much medication in my body at any given time. The half-life was too long.
I sure do agree with our endocrinologists......build the bone and then "lock it in" so that it is protected. I sure wish the medical insurance folks didn't try to run the show.
May you both, @windyshores and @lashu, be safe, protected, and free of inner and outer harm.
Chris
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Hi again Chris, Re-reading your words tonight, I will ask my endocrinologist if I can try Alendronate. I hope he will not feel too impatient with me, he spend some time on the second appointment with trying to convince me that Evenity was best and that nothing would go wrong. I will also ask him what he would use at the end of the year of Evenity, and if that is safe for me (he felt some were prohibitive because I'd had a soft tissue sarcoma twice in the past) now. Thank you, again, for your sharing. It really helps me, I keep returning to your words here.
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Chris, thank you, first of all, for your kind wishes and for your medical experiences. Did you find any of the medical prescriptions satisfactory? Or was jaw pain necessary as a part of any medicine? The preventative to prohibit "too much medication" in your body at any given time. Too much medication: what is included in this?
My scheduled beginning for Evenity is October 4, so I still have time to decide.