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Weight Gain with Evenity

Posted by susanew @susanew, Feb 11 4:56pm

Some have said they gained some weight when taking Evenity. Any idea at about what shots you noticed this? I am now going to be taking shots #9 and I do notice about a 4 to 5 lb. gain. Anyone else notice a gain in weight and if so, when was it noticeable?

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robe1018 | @robe1018 | May 19 9:03am
In reply to @gmom14 "No, I haven't had weight gain. However, my belly has gotten a little more soft and..." + (show)
@gmom14

No, I haven't had weight gain.
However, my belly has gotten
a little more soft and round. Well, I am 78, so it could be plan old aging.
I am headed towards my last shot in June...I'll let you know
if that has any effect.

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Well I had tremendous weight gain for the year - the drug did nothing for me but made my osteoporosis worse. I had severe pain the whole 12 months and now off for 2 months and 75% of my pain has decreased. I'll be 76 and the year before I started this treatment I had dropped 15 lbs. go figure - I believe all the treatments are worse than the disease right now - until otibfn with correct facts.

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sandrac | @sandrac | May 20 7:53am

Same here, but I had significant DEXA scoregains after the year on Evenity, so the trade off was worth it. Now I am on Prolia again to maintain gains and am working on the weight!

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flamingo34 | @flamingo34 | Jun 4 11:11pm
In reply to @lynlaughlin "My arthritis has got a lot worse My hands tingle and headaches It has also interfered..." + (show)
@lynlaughlin

My arthritis has got a lot worse
My hands tingle and headaches
It has also interfered with my thyroid also
I have 4 more shots to get

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I’m about to start Evenity. When you say it messed with your thyroid, can you share what happened? I’m
on synthroid for Hashimoto’s.

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robe1018 | @robe1018 | Jun 5 7:14am
In reply to @flamingo34 "I’m about to start Evenity. When you say it messed with your thyroid, can you share..." + (show)
@flamingo34

I’m about to start Evenity. When you say it messed with your thyroid, can you share what happened? I’m
on synthroid for Hashimoto’s.

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I was on .175 daily for years - and my thyroid went crazy high. Had to decrease my dosage to .150, which really slows me down but with the higher dose they were afraid of my heart (I’m 75). I have had an unstable thyroid since I was28, and basically have felt normal for 4 days in my life (when my thyroid was decreasing and hit normal levels)it was Labor Day 1978 - I’m an anomaly so depending what your situation is just watch it and control it. When they found my issue my tsh was so high they had to put me on blood pressure medicine immediately. I am losing some weight now little by little but I also have to say my pain and aches have drastically diminished with being off now for two months. Not sure if any of this helps but my only advice would to be watch side effects while on envenity. Hope it works for you. Keep us posted.

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