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Gammaglobulin (IVIg) Treatment Report
See also: IVIg Intravenous Immuno Globulin
What is Gammaglobulin (IVIg)?
Intravenous gammaglobulin, or immune globulin (IVIg) has been used in the treatment of various autoimmune diseases and in relapsing-remitting MS. Studies report a reduction in the number and severity of acute exacerbations and resulted in a lesser neurological disability.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
|
Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multiple Sclerosis MS | 5 |
|
1 | ||||
| Relapse MS (exacerbation) | 2 |
|
1 | ||||
| General health | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Support another treatment | 1 |
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1 |
See all 6 patients currently taking Gammaglobulin (IVIg)
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Course of treatment ended
|
2 | 50% |
|
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 25% |
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|
Doctor's advice
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1 | 25% |
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See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking Gammaglobulin (IVIg)
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Patient Evaluations
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- tbone69
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: moderate
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- tbone69
- 35 g monthly
- since Dec 21, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Support another treatment
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips worth doing.prevents colds and bronchitis See full evaluation
See all 3 patient evaluations
Report created on March 19, 2010.