IVIG maintenance dosage

Here is an excerpt from an article
“The standard IVIg dosage is a loading dose of 2.0 gm/kg administered intravenously over 2–5 days, followed by 1 g/kg over 1 day every 3 weeks.”

Here is the article
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3487533/

Dr. Kenneth Gorson gave a very information talk about CIDP to patients that is posted on this site. (It’s the one that shows the conference room with tables as the first image.

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My doctor followed the above protocol with me, except that I receive treatment every 4 weeks not every 3. My insurance approved every 3. My doctor did indicate that you can’t reasonably evaluate the effectiveness of IVIG until after 6 months.

Good luck!

Each patient is different. A careful doctor won’t follow a one-size-fits-all formula but will tailor treatment to the individual patient — how severe your condition is, how you reapond to intial treatment, etc. I’m getting 25 grams a day for 5 days each month, which is the maxiumum dose my insurance company will allow for someone my size. My neurologist said he wants me to get this dose for at least 6 months before he does another EMG. I already had severe nerve damage in my legs by the time I was diagnosed (thanks to my pain doctor, who kept telling me for a solid year that I was just “out of condition” and all I needed was more exercise). I don’t expect to ever walk normally again. The IVIG, after two 5-day rounds, has stopped the nerve pain in my legs, which is a blessing, but I’ve regained only a minimal amount of strength so far and my balance is still very bad. My nwurologist says I just have to keep going, and the progress will build month by month. But if I’d been on this regimen for a full year with no results at all, I would ask about moving on to plasma exchange.

Have you had an EMG recently to find out what effect the treatment has had on your nerves?