Evenity & back pain, hip pain and neck pain

Posted by szark55 @szark55, Feb 9 6:05pm

I have had 7 months treatments with Evenity so far. Back in October I fell, nothing broke, but I have been having horrible lower back pain, hip pain and sometimes neck pain. I’ve been to Dr, (back institute) X-rays, MRI… nothing ‘treatable’ like surgery, which is good! She seems to think it’s my hips. I do have history of bursitis. The pain is now both hips. I can’t walk 15 min w/o horrible pain… can’t stand 10 minutes. I will be seeing my osteo dr on 19 of Feb, and am thinking I need to go to my ortho dr…. But then when I did a search about this pain / Evenity…. This group popped up…. I had been on here before. Could I have this pain even now after 7 months and not only after injections??

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oopsiedaisy | @oopsiedaisy | Feb 10 7:53am

I have joint pain after 9 Evenity treatments. It’s primarily in my knees and hips. I’ve resorted to taking one ibuprofen at lunch and two acetaminophen at bedtime so I can exercise and sleep. I have three more treatments and am hoping it will subside after treatment finishes.

szark55 | @szark55 | Feb 10 8:40am

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@oopsiedaisy
I do at times take Aleve… ibuprofen doesn’t seem to help. I was understanding that the symptoms were restricted to injection time frames.. so this is concerning for me. We have big vaca coming in May… I need to be able to do a lot of walking for site seeing. I quit exercising because of the pain… not during but after…. I am trying to increase my walking daily. I used to be very active.

mcchesney | @kathleen1314 | Feb 10 10:11am

Yes, Evenity can cause joint pain, back pain, and neck pain. These are frequently reported side effects. While common, these symptoms can be severe. You should a report any new or unusual hip or thigh pain to your doctor immediately because Evenity is associated with femur fractures.

I know of Evenity side effects from posts and discussions on Inspire in which I have participated for years. I checked my memory of the remembered facts with a google search and then a look at the web pages listing the side effects.
I have also provided some discussions on Mayo, hotlinked below.
https://www.evenity.com/results-and-safety/side-effects.
https://www.rxlist.com/evenity-drug.htm
Hip pain:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/drugs-evenity-side-effects
Discussion on Mayo; also input on the search engine to find more:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/evinity-stiff-neck-and-headache/
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/evenity-and-side-effects/

szark55 | @szark55 | Feb 10 12:18pm

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@kathleen1314
Thank you!
I can’t walk more than 15 minutes without horrible pain… or stand 10 minutes. SO concerning. My appt with osteo dr is 19th of this month and I have notified her if these issues as of yesterday. So we will discuss.