Anyone here with chronic kidney disease and spine t score of -4.3

Posted by mck5 @mck5, Sep 20 9:39pm

I have spine t score -4.3 and chronic kidney disease with gfr of 44. I also have barretts oesaphagus so I cannot take oral medications for osteoporosis. I have not started medication yet and am petrified of them all. Afraid they will further damage my kidneys. Anybody here with ckd and osteoporosis?

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gently | @gently | Sep 20 11:41pm

mck5, you might want bone markers every three months and frequent calcium and urinary calcium measurements. Otherwise teriparatide is thought to be safe for individuals with egfr greater that 30.
Hypercalcemia can put a greater burden of removal for your kidneys and put you at risk for kidney stones.
You'd want careful attention during use.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00198-006-0189-8
I hope the endocrinologist will look for secondary causes of osteoporosis.
best wishes