Teriparatide & Abaloparatide

Brand names: Forteo, Bonsity (teriparatide); Tymlos (abaloparatide)

Daily bone-building injections for people at very high fracture risk.

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How it works · Bone health

Bone is being lost

In severe osteoporosis there isn’t enough bone-building activity to keep up with losses.

Severe osteoporosis, multiple fractures and steroid-induced osteoporosis.

They mimic parathyroid hormone in short daily pulses, which switches on osteoblasts to build new bone.

A daily injection under the skin, usually for up to 2 years.

Dizziness when standing, leg cramps, nausea and mildly raised calcium.

Calcium and sometimes uric acid levels.

After the course, a bone-protecting medicine is started so the new bone is kept.

At a glance

Class

Bone health

Brand names

Forteo, Bonsity (teriparatide); Tymlos (abaloparatide)

Reviewed by Farhan Tahir, MD, FACR

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