Hi Sue Ellen,
It's the full dose just 2x a year for 3 years so a total of 6 infusions. I believe the normal dosage if you have not had breast cancer is one infusion a year but I'm not sure for how many years.
I will have my 3rd infusion April 9th at Mayo.
For my first infusion last April of '23, I hydrated well as they told me to for a couple of days before the first infusion. I had my infusions in the slow manner, over 30-45 minutes. I ended up having flu like symptoms for a few days that first time.
In October of '23 for my second infusion again I hydrated well but a couple of days after the infusion I got dizziness from that one. No flu symptoms tho. I called Mayo and the oncology nurse told me to drink an electrolyte drink like Gatorade or Pedialyte for a few days to help get rid of the dizziness. That helped.
Now I see a few gals are mentioning on Connect that they drink 2 Gatorade (or Pedialyte) the day before the infusion, and take 2 Tylenol that night.
Then the day of the infusion drink one Gatorade and take 2 Tylenol that morning. That will be my new strategy for my next infusion! Hoping this 3rd dose will be better.
I had fractures before I started Zometa. Those are the pits so I sure do need bone building drugs. Since they can also help keep recurrence away in the bones, I will take them! Good luck to you❤️