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Originally Posted by tysondouglass
Hey mike- I've been getting ivig for 6-7 months continually now, and it varies when I start feeling the effects.
My specialist says that it usually takes a week- or 2 for the effects to start kicking in.
The purpose of ivig is to give others antibodies to bind against yours to destroy them- I believe and this all takes time.
Hope you start feeling it soon
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from what my doctor says, IVIG is pretty much designed just to flood your body with non specific antibodies so your immune system doesnt have to work so much....and in theory stop making as much of the bad antibodies that destroy the acetylcholene receptors.