In primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty patients, The investigator will examine the effect of daily abaloparatide therapy in clinical osteoporotic patients beginning 3 months pre-op and continued for a total of 15 months. This will be compared to osteopenic patients receiving no therapy as well as previously published values in untreated osteoporotic patients 12 months following Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA).
The investigator hypothesizes that treating osteoporotic patients with abaloparatide prior to and after total knee arthroplasty will significantly reduce the amount of bone loss.