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Has anyone improved bone density without meds?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Nov 25, 2023 | Replies (487)Comment receiving replies
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.
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I was just prescribed Prolia after a severe T8 fracture in my spine with a disc reduction of 75%. I was on Fosamax. Obviously, Fosamax did not work for me. I would be interested in knowing how you do on the Evenity.
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Good evening @lashu Let's see if I can clear things up a bit.
1. Jaw pain. The two times I had that were when I was on Prolia after the 2 years of Tymlos and in the very beginning when I was given Boniva is a bisphosphonate. The jaw pain was worse with the Boniva. That is why I was approved to go on Tymlos. With the Prolia, I kept a dated chart and presented it to my Mayo endocrinologist.
2. The choice of Alendronate was basically to lock down the bone density improvement after two years of Tymlos. So even though it is a bisphosphonate, I tolerate Alendronate 70mg because I take a small dose every Monday morning......and not a large injection twice a year like Prolia.
I do understand why it is better to build bone first and then "lock it down". And I am happy with the current program.
May you be healthy and whole!
Chris