Can Reclast be Lowered dose?

@debis67 what did your doctor mean by needing to see it in "black and white"?

You tolerated Prolia and may very well tolerate Reclast. Hydrate well, ask for an hour long infusion, take tylenol. You can expect fluish symptoms the first time and it goes away.

I believe it is probably administratively and financially difficult for the medical system to do partial doses, since that requires more frequent infusions. That is probably the reason for the 5mg once a year- otherwise all the patients doing Reclast would be doing infusions every three months and what happens to cancer patients? Just thinking "out loud."

I feel badly for mentioning partial doses to be honest. My doctor insisted on test dosing because of my kidney disease and atrial fibrillation. One doctor - and the infusion nurse- did tell me half doses aren't all that unusual so maybe you could try a different doctor.

@windyshores I am now off of Eventity after 10 injection series. I start Recast in a week at 2. 5 instead of 5. My endocrinologist was happy to do this. I'm hoping for few side effects. Eventity was miserable for me- the whole time.

@miznancy It sounds as if you have a good endocrinologist willing to revise the traditional dosage for you. Many of us are questioning the standard dosages. My hope is that enough of us questioning standard dosages (one size fits all) will be heard by the doctors we see.

@windyshores I am now off of Eventity after 10 injection series. I start Recast in a week at 2. 5 instead of 5. My endocrinologist was happy to do this. I'm hoping for few side effects. Eventity was miserable for me- the whole time.

Choices for dosage, in many areas of medicine, if not all, are very important..people are different in so very many ways ! Sometimes, one can use a pill splitter, but not for all meds…;I have read that the generic for Fosamax comes in different sizes…that could help some people…some people don’t inject the whole dose of injectables….chemo is often adjusted as one goes along…the more of us who advocate for dosage reductions, the better for all.

@windyshores I am now off of Eventity after 10 injection series. I start Recast in a week at 2. 5 instead of 5. My endocrinologist was happy to do this. I'm hoping for few side effects. Eventity was miserable for me- the whole time.