IVIG and Organ damage

    • Anonymous
      February 12, 2012 at 5:19 pm

      In another thread we were dicussing the amount of IVIG being limited to 70 grams and a member asked this question.

      “I’ve been on IVIG for 10+ years and would also like to know if any damage to organs – espically liver, kidneys… anyone? Thanks”

      Can anyone give any answers?

      Thanks

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    • Anonymous
      April 7, 2012 at 3:40 pm

      That last post is spam.

      I was receiving infusions in the amount of 80g every two weeks of Gamunex C for over a year. Never had any issues with organ damage. I do recall that there were some warnings regarding kidney damage at higher dosages.

    • GH
      April 7, 2012 at 5:05 pm

      Here’a a link to an abstract of a study which evaluated safety of long-term use of IvIg for MS:

      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17060031

    • GH
      April 7, 2012 at 5:13 pm

      From Journal of the American Medical Association:

      “Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Autoimmune Neuromuscular Diseases”

      http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/291/19/2367.full

      This is a survey of the clinical use of IvIg. Risks are covered at the end.