Treating Osteoporosis: What works for you?

Here is an article Re: Forteo
I don’t know anything about it but thought this article was thought provoking.
https://www.womenshealthnetwork.com/community/osteoblast/post/should-you-use-forteo-for-osteoporosis.aspx?
Jake

Hi Suemer, I am scheduled to go on Tymlos. The studies on this drug are minimal, at best, and the side effects are dangerous. However, with a 4.6 T score and a knee that needs replacement, my choices are limited. I am also seeing a doctor who practices "functional" medicine and prescribing specific types of bone supplements. I am hopeful to take Tymlos for a short period of time. At 72, one fall to my hip and I will not recover. Sometimes, we must have the courage to do what seems unthinkable. I was told by 3 medical people, Prolea will not build bone but will prevent further bone loss. Unfortunately, in my case, I'm beyond prevention. Life is short and I would like to extend me quality as much as possible!🐱

I have severe osteoporosis. I am on my 3rd year of seeing a wellness coach at a local physical therapy place. I started doing an hour twice a week of strength and resistance training. Then I dropped to an hour a week and Medicare will pay for physical therapy for resistance training. So I do an hour with a wellness coach (individual training) and intense. Then 40 minutes with a physical therapist. Not on the same day. After 1 1/2 years with the wellness coach and a year with the physical therapist, it stopped the osteoporosis in my spine but not my hips. I cannot take the Boniva, Fosamax of the world. My only resort now is for Prolia. But my first bone scan was in 1999, the year I turned 50 and my spine scan was -1.44 then. . It took until 2018 to get to -2.5 in my spine. My total left hip was scanned in 2008 at -2.5 and in 2019 it was -3.4. I am still weighing whether I want Prolia at 70 years old.

Also just reread the article that@jakedduck sent and noticed that Prolia increased my bone density in both the spine and hip to the same degree as Forteo (11.6% and 6.4%). And you can stay on Prolia for at least 10 years.

Although Forteo was my doctor's first choice, I did not like the black box warning about osteosarcoma. That definitely factored into my decision to go with Prolia. (history of a variety of different types of cancer in my family including blood and bone cancers.)

Here is an article Re: Forteo
I don’t know anything about it but thought this article was thought provoking.
https://www.womenshealthnetwork.com/community/osteoblast/post/should-you-use-forteo-for-osteoporosis.aspx?
Jake

Forteo was my doctor's first choice because the bone density increase is significant and fast. Believe the maximum amount of time to be on it is 18 months.

Have you considered Forteo or Tymlos. Both of these meds actually build bone.

I have severe osteoporosis. I am on my 3rd year of seeing a wellness coach at a local physical therapy place. I started doing an hour twice a week of strength and resistance training. Then I dropped to an hour a week and Medicare will pay for physical therapy for resistance training. So I do an hour with a wellness coach (individual training) and intense. Then 40 minutes with a physical therapist. Not on the same day. After 1 1/2 years with the wellness coach and a year with the physical therapist, it stopped the osteoporosis in my spine but not my hips. I cannot take the Boniva, Fosamax of the world. My only resort now is for Prolia. But my first bone scan was in 1999, the year I turned 50 and my spine scan was -1.44 then. . It took until 2018 to get to -2.5 in my spine. My total left hip was scanned in 2008 at -2.5 and in 2019 it was -3.4. I am still weighing whether I want Prolia at 70 years old.

I have severe osteoporosis. I am on my 3rd year of seeing a wellness coach at a local physical therapy place. I started doing an hour twice a week of strength and resistance training. Then I dropped to an hour a week and Medicare will pay for physical therapy for resistance training. So I do an hour with a wellness coach (individual training) and intense. Then 40 minutes with a physical therapist. Not on the same day. After 1 1/2 years with the wellness coach and a year with the physical therapist, it stopped the osteoporosis in my spine but not my hips. I cannot take the Boniva, Fosamax of the world. My only resort now is for Prolia. But my first bone scan was in 1999, the year I turned 50 and my spine scan was -1.44 then. . It took until 2018 to get to -2.5 in my spine. My total left hip was scanned in 2008 at -2.5 and in 2019 it was -3.4. I am still weighing whether I want Prolia at 70 years old.