I asked for a DEXA scan a few months in to my PMR/GCA journey around 3.5 years ago. Thanks to the good advice on this forum I wanted to get a reading before I started with Alendronate. My gp felt it was unnecessary but I stood my ground. I was diagnosed with osteopaenia and so have been taking Alendronate since then. At my last GP visit I asked for another scan to see if it had made any difference. I now have a great GP. She looked it up and apparently the protocol is 5 years between scans but she was fully supportive and requested one. The rationale was to potentially eliminate a medication. I was delighted to get a scan within a few weeks and even more so when told I no longer have osteopaenia and can stop the Alendronate. Without this forum I would probably have assumed I needed to carry on taking it as long as I was on pred. Thanks for all the great advice especially to those who give up so much of their time to help us all.
DEXA scan....success: I asked for a DEXA scan a few... - PMRGCAuk
DEXA scan....success
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Great result. Good on you for sticking with it.
I am so glad you no longer need Alendronate Acid and you have a sensible GP. A friend mentioned she had been taking it for thirteen years and her GP had done nothing about it just prescribed it.
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