Is it possible that teriparatide can have short or long term effects on my thyroid? Since taking it, I've gained 20 pounds. I'm not an overeater; I exercise every day; my caloric intake averages 1200 calories a day but still the weight just poured on. Has anyone else had similar issues? My endocrinologist thinks I'm nuts and claims there is no weight gain with teriparatide... Yet here I am.

I have been prescribed Forteo for osteoporosis and am totally afraid of the side affects--mainly bone cancer. ## I need to know more about this drug as well. ## I am taking Forteo for almost a year now and am wondering if it is causing me to be exhausted all the time? ## My Grandson has had this prescribed to him . .25 year old with severe osteoporosis . . and he is afraid to take this. ## j'ai souvent des douleurs articulaires accompagnees d'une sensation de paralysie des membres inferieurs sans aucune raison apparente, et vous signale en passant que je viens de feter mon soixant-deuxieme anniversaire d'age. ## I have only taken Forteo for two weeks now, and I can say that it is making me feel very tired all the time. When I wake up in the morning, I feel like I have not ha...