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Old 10-04-2013, 12:53 PM
tredjer tredjer is offline
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Confused Opinion/Advice for cellcept, etc..

Hey everyone, new here I have a few questions and would like to know your opinion. My mom was diagnosed with MG she's 65 y/o and had a thymectomy (after a tumor was found) last aug, her symptoms then were pretty much just ocular MG and shortness of breath. After a few weeks post op she started having symptoms like that of allergic rhinitis which persisted up to this day, the way she describes it as having mucus stuck up her palate and couldn't cough out. Xray and other tests were done to rule out any possible cause and the result came out clear. The doctor said the post nasal drip was because of mestinon, had any of you experienced that?

Last week because of shortness of breath and that her slurred speech started she was again given IVIG.
Now her eyelids still droops, post nasal drip is still present, and feeling weakness on her left leg every morning. Apart from those she is still quite active. She walks around independently without any assistive device, even cooks and does other light household chores. She is taking mestinon (30mg), prednisone and now is prescribed with cellcept 2000mg a day which she is hesitant to take because of the serious side effects (adding to her alarm is her sensitivity to meds and the high dosage). We are stumped as to what to do after reading the insert of cellcept.
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