Prolia and Hair Loss
Anyone experience hair loss with Prolia? I would also like to hear about those on Prolia with no issues?
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Anyone experience hair loss with Prolia? I would also like to hear about those on Prolia with no issues?
Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Osteoporosis & Bone Health Support Group.
I stopped taking Prolia in anticipation of dental work and after almost three months off of it, I fractured T4 and T5. I was in SO MUCH pain. Had to wear a full back brace. Finally had cement injected into the fractures. Just a warning if you stop taking Prolia. Unfortunately, as far as I know, almost any osteo drug and invasive dental do not go hand in hand. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Hair loss: Yep, me too.
Hi lashu,
The other two meds I mentioned aren't for osteoporosis treatment. I've been taking one of them for three years, and the other I was only took for three months.
Many people have had great results with Prolia with little to no side effects. I genuinely hope that you are one of those people.
If only we knew in advance which treatments would work best for each of us. With any luck, I'll find a doctor who will as least try to tailor a treatment that works for me. I wish the same for all of us who are living with osteoporosis.
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4 ReactionsThank you, again, for responding. Tailoring the treatments would 'entail' correlating the chemistry (DNA?) of the individual with the specific drug: I guess IA would be handy for that. Computers already do vast calculations, maybe there's already a program for it. Yes, it would be nice to know ahead of time if we are going to lose hair, have heart problems, fracture a thigh bone (that's really a weird one), etc. Meantime I guess it's a toss of the dice, so to speak. I'm sorry, I forget, what are you taking now for your bones? Evenity?
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1 ReactionUsing AI to interpret medical complexities is something I dream about. It's too much to expect a human to be able to do it.
re: current Rx for osteoporosis--I had one Prolia injection, and haven't decided what's next because I'm changing my insurance plan, and what the new plan covers is vastly different to my current one. I'm stongly considering a bisphosphonate in the interim.
BTW I totally agree that the thigh bone fracture Rx risk is a weird one.
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1 ReactionI am having hair loss from Prolia too. Does it get less with continued treatment or should I get switched to another drug?
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1 ReactionMe, I’ll probably start taking Prolia next year. I’ve had too many accidents that should have been broken bones -but nothing broke!! So unless I learn of something better I’ll probably return to it!
Please tell me if there’s something better!
I just had a mastectomy for breast cancer and my endocrinologist who first prescribed Prolia for my osteoporosis told me that no I couldn’t be on a better drug for helping my osteoporosis at the same time as inhibiting the growth of breast cancer cells.
He also told me that Evenity is such a new drug that they don’t have any data on how safe it might be if taken beyond a year. Too bad since it enhances new bone growth.
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3 ReactionsOh! Again! Such good news! As I have a history of cancer, one caught early enough to avoid chemo, just having surgery--but it came back twenty years later, so it had stayed in my system! So that is even better news Meomurian! Thank you for lightening my worry load a great deal. The newness of Evenity has been troublesome for me as well. Plus, some of the studies I have read indicate some increase in cardio events. But this particular correlate has been a mixed one with some reports denying any increase in heart issues. Always a bit of a toss of the dice. But my heart is lighter with your news. Thank you.
My hairdresser recommended Biotin. Just starting now after moderate hair loss. Now my eyebrows thinning too. Use an eyelash thickener/nutrition lash formulation on them too.
I took Biotin for years I don't think it did anything for my hair but it did help my finger nails grow and keep them from splitting and chipping