High anxiety regarding Reclast or Prolia decison for OP meds

Posted by 255anny @255anny, Aug 18, 2024

I am overwhelmed with making this decision. Currently on Evenity, 2 more injections left. Severe Osteporosis. Spine -4.7. I left my OP Dr's office last week with an order for Prolia starting Oct/Nov. And blood work orders. We did discuss Prolia vs Reclast but I didn't ask enough questions I guess, despite having a 1 hour appt with her. I did know and told her I feared Prolia. She relayed how much easier it was than Reclast. And the Reclast stays in your system much longer. She wrote the RX for Prolia for 1 year, then relay to Evenity again. That does not sound right to me. I can't find any studies supporting that drug sequencing. This Dr is new to me but in the practice of the most respected Endo offices in my state. She only see OP patients. I am staying up til 3am every night reading and researching. There is no right answer.

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kfmgm | @kfmgm | 11 hours ago

I was on Prolia until my hair fell out.
My regime was 2 injections a year. After the 3D injection my hair fell out in great gobs.
At that time, there weren’t any reports of this. There have since been many.
Needless to say, I never had another injection.
2 years later, my hair is growing back.