Plasmapheresis Treatment Report

• philiph

  Sex: M

  Data Quality: 2 stars

  MS: 16 yrs

  Type: Relapsing-Remitting

  Sensation: Moderate

  Overall: Moderate

  Cognition: moderate

  Vision: severe

  Speech: mild

  Swallowing: moderate

  Upper limb: moderate

  Walking: moderate

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• by philiph
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Purpose: doctors think I probably have NMO (Started Apr 13, 2010)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jan 02, 2012	Weekly	Major	Mild	Always	A little
Apr 13, 2010	Weekly	Moderate	Moderate	Always	Somewhat

Side effects:

Complete exhaustion, Tired for a few hours after treatment

Date

Jan 02, 2012

Advice & Tips

tHIS IS A UNDERUSED TREATMENT FOR all AUTO IMMUNE DISORDERS. i HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.

Date

Apr 13, 2010

Advice & Tips

After treatment I was exhausted and slept 5 hours.

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• kaykay19

  Sex: F

  Data Quality: 0 stars

  MS: 6 yrs

  Type: Relapsing-Remitting

  Relapse: Severe

  Sensation: Moderate

  Overall: Mild

  Cognition: moderate

  Vision: none

  Speech: none

  Swallowing: none

  Upper limb: mild

  Walking: moderate

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• by kaykay19
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Purpose: MS (Multiple Sclerosis) (Started Oct 08, 2012)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Oct 16, 2012	Daily	Slight	Moderate	Always	Somewhat

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• Karina2805

  Sex: F

  Data Quality: 0 stars

  MS: 27 yrs

  Type: Relapsing-Remitting

  Sensation: Moderate

  Overall: Mild

  Cognition: moderate

  Vision: none

  Speech: none

  Swallowing: none

  Upper limb: moderate

  Walking: moderate

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• by Karina2805
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Purpose: MS (Multiple Sclerosis) (Started Apr 21, 2007)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Apr 24, 2007	As needed	Moderate	Moderate	Sometimes	Somewhat

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• LSK

  Sex: F

  Data Quality: 3 stars

  MS: 20 yrs

  Type: Secondary Progressive

  Sensation: Moderate

  Overall: Moderate

  Cognition: severe

  Vision: none

  Speech: moderate

  Swallowing: moderate

  Upper limb: moderate

  Walking: moderate

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• by LSK
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Purpose: MS (Multiple Sclerosis) (Started Feb 13, 2008)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Jun 01, 2008	As needed	Major	Moderate	Always	A little

Side effects:

Fatigue

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• mizzoumomma

  Sex: F

  Data Quality: 0 stars

  NMO : 4 yrs

  Type: Relapsing NMO

  Left Eye : severe

  Right Eye : moderate

  Sensation : moderate

  Overall : moderate

  Swallowing : none

  Arms : moderate

  Legs : moderate

  Bladder/Bowel : moderate

  Spinal Cord : moderate

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• by mizzoumomma
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Purpose: Neuromyelitis Optica (Started Jan 28, 2009)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Feb 10, 2009	Daily	Slight	None	Always	Not at all

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• vjwebb59

  Sex: F

  Data Quality: 2 stars

  MS: 13 yrs

  Type: Relapsing-Remitting

  Sensation: Moderate

  Overall: Mild

  Cognition: moderate

  Vision: mild

  Speech: mild

  Swallowing: moderate

  Upper limb: mild

  Walking: moderate

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• by vjwebb59
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Purpose: just finished a series of plasma exchange for an exacerbation (Started May 01, 2010)

Date	Dosage	Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
May 01, 2010	One time	Moderate	None	Always	A little

Date

May 01, 2010

Advice & Tips

Was a series of 5 treatments every other day for 10 days as out=patient.

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