# WANTED: Info onVariations of IVIg dosages, durations, frequency , and additional drugs

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**Category:** General CIDP Discussion\
**Created:** [November 14, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/wanted-info-onvariations-of-ivig-dosages-durations-frequency-and-additional-drugs/796 "2014-11-14T15:48:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![prof39](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/prof39/32/944_2.png) [@prof39](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/prof39)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/wanted-info-onvariations-of-ivig-dosages-durations-frequency-and-additional-drugs/796/21 "2014-12-30T17:54:47Z")

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I'm a newby here but have had some experience with IVIG for CIDP. I was diagnosed last year, began with 3 days of infusions then moved to 2 week interval infusions. (35 g in 500 ml - 3.5 hours - 170 lb male). After 5 months my MDs decided (arbitrarily) to go to 3 week interval infusion, whereupon I collapsed, arms, legs inoperable - emergency room, and 18 days palliative care in a retirement facility. I went from CIDP to GB and back and was not pleased. I stayed on the 2 week infusion schedule for 6 months, with the addition of cellcept (1 gram AM - 1 gram PM). I felt good on the 14th day often enough that I tried going to a 2-1/2 week schedule. This has been successful for the past 5 months although I feel just a bit run down late in the period. Starting in January (2015) I will try to go to a 3 week interval - same IVIG dose + same cellcept dose. I'm fairly confident - wish me luck. I do NOT look forward to a lifetime of infusions/cellcept and hope there is a future hope for cutting one or both down a bit.

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**Author:** ![estaban](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/estaban/32/2611_2.png) [@estaban](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/u/estaban)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithpolyneuropathy.org/t/wanted-info-onvariations-of-ivig-dosages-durations-frequency-and-additional-drugs/796/22 "2014-12-30T18:58:07Z")

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I've been on a two-week (40 grams / day, for three consecutive days, for a total of 240 grams/month) for 10 months. I also take Imuran. The treatment is not perfect. And, not everyone recovers full function as this disease is insidious and unpredicatable. When I stopped denying this disease I found it much easier to move on in life. I always remember that my first diagnoses was ALS, and thank God I only have a CIDP that is 80% treatable.

CIDP = malfunctioning IgG, i.e., chronic. All IvIG does is swarm the body with functioning IgG antibodies to create a cascade complex of cellular reactions, therefore no reaction to treatment can be the same for everyone.

Go back to a two-week infusion with increase igG dose; IgG is very benign and can be increase to 300/400 grams or more. Remember, you are just a medical dart board and the neuro is trying to score nearer and nearer the bull's eye.

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