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03-13-2009, 07:03 AM
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i was wondering will preds prevent mg from getting worse or stop it my neuro said it will go away when i first went on them things did inprove my max was 6 at 5mg every other day then to 12 which will make it 60mg
only tho i'm getting some problems the other day i had breathing diferculties then later for the first time i was unable to talk it did get better after a rest but i am much more stronger |
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03-13-2009, 08:07 AM
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Hi Alan,
Normally Pred is one of the best available medication against MG, it's effective and rather fast acting. The usual maximum dosage is 1 mg/kg of weight/day. But due to the negative side effects associated with it, Pred is after a while tapered down to the minimum where symptoms reoccur. You have thus to take something else to counteract the antibodies: immunodrepressors (Cellcept, Imuran,…) which are slow in action but which can relay Pred later on. Take care, Maurice. |
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03-14-2009, 05:13 PM
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hi maurice
thanks i did'nt know what was going to be the next step for me and knowing does help i know some mention cellcept and Imuran the steriods have made a big diference but it seems that mg catches up after a while alan |
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