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I'd like to hear what others are taking to maintain their bone density after finishing two year's of Forteo. My endocrinologist and my husband's rheumatologist both say they prescribe Actonel, Fosomax, Boniva or Reclast (eiher the once a year dose or the twice a year) to maintain the increased bone density from having taken Forteo. I was on Actonel for six years prior to starting Forteo and had nothing but continued bone loss. I am so skeptical!
There are a bunch of people (including myself) who have unsuccessfully tried alternative methods to maintain the bone density gains from Forteo. Aside from the bisphosphonates (Actonel, Fosomax, Boniva or Reclast, and they indeed usually maintain the Forteo gains), Strontium Ranelate (not available in the USA) is the only other drug which has seemingly been clinically found to maintain the gains from Forteo.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19204890
(It's not really clear from the abstract if the BMD gains are after adjusting the raw score for strontium.)
So you could gamble and try strontium citrate, but it might not work.
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