My 87-yr. old Mom is in an assisted living facility (in another state) after falling and breaking her hip. Considering her a Fosamax failure, her long-time internist wants her on Forteo but the staff in the facility cannot give her the injections. They will coach her to do it herself (she needs coaching because of some dementia) Mon-Fri only. Any experience with taking Forteo only 5 days a week, not daily?
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Q: Can Forteo be taken M-F instead of 7 days a week?
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10/29/11 7:25pm
Hi RAC, welcome... I took Forteo and did really well, but I've never heard of taking it 5 days a week. I would talk to her Dr. and see what he/she says. Some, who have side effects will take it less than 7 days a week, but it's usually a on one day off another type of thing. If you do this, you will be discarding (throwing out) 8 days worth of the med from the injectable pen because you can't use it beyond 28 days after you start it because it doesn't last that long, which is the reason why it has to be refrigerated, it's a peptide so it expires in 28 days.
Do you have a friend, family or neighbor that could come in on the weekends and give the injection? I'm not sure I understand either. If they are coaching her to give it herself, once she's able to do it, couldn't she give the injection every day? The pen is "very" easy to use and nothing like a regular injection. The needle is so small you can barely feel it. Here's a page on how to do it if you want to look at it. http://www.forteo.com/Pages/consumer_demonstration.aspx
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Thank you so much. My Mom has mild dementia which is why she needs the coaching and her facility says that she must cap the needle, which she can't do. A staff nurse, who is there M-F will cap it (but won't give the injection). I'm still sorting this out and exploring alternatives -- and waiting for a call back from her "concierge" internist -- grrr! RAC