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Reviewer: jeparks, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have been taking forteo for only 10 day. I take it at night along with advil 400 mg & it seems to lessen the achiness. I hope this gets better with time, as my doctor says it is the only drug of choice for me!
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Reviewer: usafsp1, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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14 months on Forteo. Constantly hungry. Now suffering from severe pain in lower back, legs and feet. Also I now have muscle loss. There are days when I can't hardly get out of bed in the morning. I cannot walk without terrible pain for at least an hour after I am up. (Cling to walls, furniture, etc. in order to get around). This may be worse had I not taken it? Who knows. A side effect of
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Reviewer: kathy, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Have been on Forteo for 3 1/2 months. First week felt like I had the flu, after that nothing until a week ago. Such horrible lower back and hip pain that I don't know how much longer I can take it. Can't live off Vicodin. I know its the Forteo before this I didn't have this pain. I have to compression fractures and they don't hurt this bad. My Dr. seems to think it's not caused from the drug. I sa
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Reviewer: fiftyisnotthenew, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I am quitting Forteo after less than a month. My entire skeleton is aching, my lower back along my spine, especially, is killing me, I felt like I had the flu for the first week...and can we really trust a drug company that states in its official literature that no one knows if Forteo causes bone cancer? Really?
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Reviewer: Jo, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I have been on forteo for about 4 weeks. After the first two weeks I had headaches real bad and nausea real bad, dizzy. Just felt terrible. Talked with dr. I stopped the calcium pills completely. Now taking the shot every other day. Will this go away. I am alReady tired of this feeling. Laying around most of the day do not even feel like getting up. If does go away how long does it take? Or is thi
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