Hi Sweetpeg, welcome and thanks for your question.  All medications come with risks and benefits, so you'd need to read as much about Forteo and see if you have any pre-existing medical conditions that might be contraindicated with Forteo.

I'm not a health professional so I can only give you my personal opinion.  I took Forteo and did really well on it without any side effects, but I suppose there are some who have had differing reactions.

Talk to your Dr. about this and weight the risk versus benefit in "your" case taking your medical history into acount.

Here's an easy to understand article from the Cleveland Clinic on Forteo.  See if reading this will help. Here's another post from our Question of the Week on Forteo where you could talk with others who took it.

Good luck deciding what to take and I hope whatever you decide helps immensely.

sweetpeg

10/22/09 12:00pm

thank you for answering my questions . i appreciate your comments. again thanks.