@ella5321 Thank you for posting your experience with Evenity. I’m curious whether any of the side effects you experienced did increase over time?

I will get my 4th month of injections next week. I have noticed joint pain/aches and nothing else. I get my injections in the abdomen even though I did not have any reactions to Evenity in the back of my upper arm. The nurse who gives me the injections said that the abdomen gives me a lot more space over time since she is careful not to give the injections in close to the same place as prior injections.

I receive my injections at an infusion center of a medical center. So far I haven’t seen the cost appear on my Medicare statements but I expect that the cost will be fully covered by Original Medicare (I have Parts A, B, and Supplement G).

I get blood tests every other month to check my calcium levels. My doctor told me that because how Evenity works it can lower blood calcium levels and if calcium drops into range that is too low I will delay the injections until I get my calcium levels back up. So far, so good.

I figure there are risks vs. benefits in whatever is prescribed including osteoporosis meds. We need to decide if the benefits outweigh the risks (side effects).

The plan for me is do what you are doing. After the 12 months of Evenity I will get another med such as Prolia to lock in the gains in bone density I have hopefully made on Evenity.

When will you get your next bone density scan?