Hi again jtmkjm - I was able to get some recommendations from fellow patients.
* Prolia, an injectable (twice a year). Has been used successfully for men with prostate mets to the pelvic bones. Newly approved for postmenopausal women for high risk osteoporosis. It's a monocolonal antibody. Like Fosomax, it also stops/slows bone loss.
* Forteo, daily injectable. It's a recombinant form of parathyroid hormone. It actually builds bone. Downside is prolonged treatment gives a slight increase to osteosarcoma risk (at least in rats) so is used as a second line treatment and is limited to two years of maximum use.
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Hi again jtmkjm - I was able to get some recommendations from fellow patients.
* Prolia, an injectable (twice a year). Has been used successfully for men with prostate mets to the pelvic bones. Newly approved for postmenopausal women for high risk osteoporosis. It's a monocolonal antibody. Like Fosomax, it also stops/slows bone loss.
http://www.latimes.com/news/health/la-he-closer-20100614,0,5979690.story
http://www.prolia.com/
http://www.webmd.com/osteoporosis/news/20100602/fda-approves-prolia-for-high-risk-osteoporosis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denosumab
* Forteo, daily injectable. It's a recombinant form of parathyroid hormone. It actually builds bone. Downside is prolonged treatment gives a slight increase to osteosarcoma risk (at least in rats) so is used as a second line treatment and is limited to two years of maximum use.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000227
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=21853
http://www.forteo.com/Pages/index.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teriparatide
Let me know if I can help you further. Pat
July 22, 2010 - 9:17pmThis Comment
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