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age 82,used forteo &Fosamax,take meds for A-Fib,had Gastric bypass,&exposed to HepB prior to 1994,ha

Bea Richardson
11/20/08
Bea Richardson
Topics:Reclast

prior to 1994.Have lots of thinking to do to decide.

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Pam Flores is a wife, paralegal, friend, advocate, and caregiver
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Friday, November 21, 2008

Hi Bea:  It's always very difficult deciding which treatment to try, so I would make a list of your concerns and ask your Dr if any of the meds you haven't tried would be contraindicated with atrial fibrillation and the gastric bypass.   

 

Depending on what your Dr recommends, there's the option of Reclast/Boniva, which are a iv infused med for osteoporosis, Evista, Calcitonin or HRT. Fosteum is another natural treatment, if you would like to look into that.

 

Here are some links on the various treatments that you could read, that might help you in deciding what to do. 

 

Reclast info from our Expert Dr Gonter:

http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoporosis/c/73/13598/reclast-acid/?ic=4004

 

Reclast/Boniva info from our Expert PJ Hamel:

http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoporosis/c/53591/49024/iv-stomach

 

Latest FDA info on Atrial Fibrillation with Bisphosphonates:

http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoporosis/news-276007-98.html

 

Fosteum info:

http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoporosis/c/76444/45257/osteoporosis?ic=4004

 

Good luck with this, I know how difficult this all can be, hang in there.

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