I have never had a lengthy infusion but I would assume one might be able to judge if roughly half the bag has been used. Not the ideal situation but the important thing is that we have some element of control and are not slaves to the medical profession. Much better to work WITH a doctor before any infusion.

On the question of effectiveness of partial dosages. you might want to peruse this article.

I have not had any experience with an infusion of Reclast. But I did ask the head nurse at my infusion center Thursday about reduced doses of Reclast. She has never done it that way nor has ever had an order come thru from a Dr that requested it. I was a little bummed because it was something I was hoping to bring up with my Dr. We know it has been done!
Go UT Longhorns!! 🙂

Sorry @normahorn, I just saw/read the article from your previous post.

While I did see research indicating lower dosage amounts and/or multiple infusions over a specified timeframe, I didn’t see anything about a participant deciding he/she had received the proper dosage and unilaterally telling the infusion tech to stop.

This is proving to be an interesting topic. 🧐

I have never heard of telling them to stop the infusion when it got to half way. My Dr said he will only give me less then 5 mgs only if he see in Black and White that it can be done. Otherwise it’s fraud he said.