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@windyshores

@lashu are you avoiding Tymlos or Forteo because you had radiation? I forget if it was you.

My docs won't use Prolia and McCormick was against it too. It is tricky to get off it because there is an abrupt drop in density and increase in fracture risk.

Have you seen McCormick's boook "Great Bones"? It goes into detail.

What health problems does it help? I was concerned because it affects some aspects of the immune system and my docs agreed.

I don't know the status of your bones but feel a bone builder like Evenity, Tymlos or Forteo seems to be the best place to start, unless you are borderline.

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Hello windyshores, and thank you for helping me with sorting out the details that these various medications present. I think Prolia avoided some of theproblems that my cancer history presented. My history involved a sarcoma, but I had no radiation or other treatments, only surgery to remove a tumor whose malignancy had not spread. My concern with Evenity was twofold: the heart issues and its Black Box warning(its rejection by a major British board also)/shorter period of time on the market than Prolia). None of the options are without problems. At some point I just had to make a decision in spite of my worries. I feel my efforts to solve the problem, to rid my body of the disease of osteoporosis, through exercise and supplements/foods would not be sufficient. The shared experiences presenting on this Mayo Clinic Connect site are a true blessing.