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Improve bone density and strength without medication?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Jun 6 11:28am | Replies (177)Comment receiving replies
I have another question for everyone. Have you heard that once you start Prolia you can never stop because the fact that your bones will have a drastic setback?
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Two endocrinologists told me that. They said there are four osteoporosis meds you can’t ever go off of, and that’s one of them.
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@koleke you can stop Prolia by going on Reclast or another bisphosphonate, but preferably Reclast because it is an infusion and more potent.
However, this is tricky in terms of timing which needs to be individualized using blood tests, according to Keith McCormick's excellent new book "Great Bones." You might be able to get it at a library and it is available online.
Prolia and Reclast are both antiresorptives so if used for too long, there are some risks of jaw necrosis and atypical femur fracture.
Antiresorptives affect the effectiveness of bone builders like Forteo, Tymlos and Evenity so it is better, I have been told and read, to start with a bone builder first.
My docs don't use Prolia because of the risks of going off, or even missing a dose, for some people anyway. But if I were 85 I would consider it and stay on until the end of my life!!