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Originally Posted by bny806
Thank yall so much!!! and welcome Seamus!  I appreciate yall's replies so much! I just had my first IVIG maintence dose today.. we'll see how it goes - I got 30g which I was told at the infusion center that that's not a very high dose, I am about 125lbs.. so we'll see I sure hope it helps! My swallowing seemed to have gotten worse the past couple of days.. good times! |
My daughter got her first IVIg treatment about three of weeks ago. She received a low dose of 0.4 g/kg/day. She is 160 lbs so this was 29 g of IVIg per day for 5 days. I've read that 2 g/kg/day is often given for an initial dose though. It appears that you got a dose between these two dosing levels.
To figure out your weight in kg take your weight in lbs then divide by 2.2. For example, to calculate a 0.4 g/kg dose you would do the following:
125 lbs. / 2.2 = 56.8 kg X 0.4 = 22.7 g of IVIg
Sarah