Hi Patricia, if you need something more specific, just let me know, and I'll try to explain what ever treatment you are looking into for osteoporosis, since I've written about most of them, and can give you the pluses and minuses on each.  Since we all react differently to these meds your personal medical history is very important, which is why your Dr. must help you with this decision. 

Did you happen to get a copy of your dxa scan and do you know your "lowest" score?  That info would help.  But you can still read about the meds I gave you the link to and ask your Dr. about each.  I think that Prolia, and Reclast were not included in the link since it was written before they were approved.  There's also Fosteum which is a prescription but it's considered a medicinal food since all it contains is genestein (isolated from soy) D3 and zinc.  Also, there's a time-released version of weekly Actonel, which was just approved several weeks ago.  If you live outside of the U.S. there is also Strontium Ranelate and we have an over-the-counter version here called Strontium Citrate, which UC Davis is doing a study on right now to see how effective it is, it is not FDA approved yet.  I've written about all of these if you want to look through my blogs at: http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/76444/index  I don't give my opinion, because it's so important for the reader and their Dr. to decide what to do.

Pam