Re: risedronate and prednisolone induced osteoporosis

John wrote:

> The new parathyroid drug ( trade name = Forteo ) is touted
> to be able to actually grow bone density but a nasty side
> effect is carcenoma (cancer) in some patients

Correction: There has been NO cancer in human during the 2 years that the test
went on. There were some developed in rats with a much higher dose. For this
reason the company took longer than they previously thought to put it on the
market. Because the clinical test on human went on for 2 years only, Forteo
cannot be prescribed for more than 2 years. I know a few women who are taking
Forteo with no bad side effect and they are pleased with it. Some saw an
improvement in their bone mass after 6 months. It seems that you can be
prescribed Forteo if your T score is low (< - 4) and other medications could not
be taken or no improvement was seen with these medications.

Françoise.

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