Prolia (denosumab) is a prescription medicine used to:

• Treat osteoporosis (thinning and weakening of bone) in women after menopause (“change of life”) who:
  • are at high risk for fracture (broken bone).
  • cannot use another osteoporosis medicine or other osteoporosis medicines did not work well.
• Increase bone mass in men with osteoporosis who are at high risk for fracture.
• Treat bone loss in men who are at high risk for fracture receiving certain treatments for prostate cancer that has not spread to other parts of the body.
• Treat bone loss in women who are at high risk for fracture receiving certain treatments for breast cancer that has not spread to other parts of the body.

It is not known if Prolia is safe and effective in children.