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Tuesday, August 26, 2008 MIKIDS asks

Q: If I do not take the last 2 months of Forteo, will anything bad happen?

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9/ 4/08 4:41pm

Hi Mikids:  I took forteo for 2 years and did really well on it.  The Dr that is treating me took me off of forteo for 2 months to test my calcium levels.  I didn't have any negative reaction from going off of forteo, but I would ask your Dr what he/she thinks.  Is there a reason why you aren't finishing the last 2 months of tx?  We are all different in how we react to meds so it's hard to say what, if anything, would happen.  The only thing I can think of is loosing out on the full tx, but I don't think that would be a problem.  Some people take forteo for 18 mos and some 24, and I don't know if there is any difference between the results in the 2 groups.  Have you read the Cleveland Clinincs pdf on forteo?  If not it is an excellent read and easy to understand.  This article answers most questions on forteo.

 

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http://www.ccjm.org/pdffiles/DEAL703.PDF

 

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9/11/08 7:07pm

Hi MIKIDS:  Sorry the link I posted is unavailable, here's the new one if you would like to read it.

 

 

http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/7/585.full.pdf+html?sid=9e07cee4-b325-4378-af70-e4b2c0b570f2

 

 

 

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