How do members experience Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG)?

Top 5 reported purposes & perceived effectiveness

Purpose Patients Evaluations Perceived Effectiveness
Myasthenia gravis 406 39
Hypogammaglobulinemia 295 56
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy 256 35
Common variable immune deficiency 208 36
Multifocal motor neuropathy 103 22

Common side effects

Side effect Patients Percentage
Headaches 86
Nausea 27
Fatigue 26
Migraine headaches 21
Fever/chills 9
Aseptic meningitis 7

Side effect severity

Side effects as an overall problem
Severity Evaluations Percentage
Severe 35
Moderate 74
Mild 134
None 111

Member evaluations

TriC

evaluated on May 01, 2009

  • Perceived effectiveness for multiple system atrophy: Moderate
  • Side effects: Mild

tbone69

evaluated on Dec 21, 2008

  • Perceived effectiveness for Increase effect of another treatment: Moderate
  • Side effects: Mild

cureseeker

evaluated on Sep 01, 2005

  • Perceived effectiveness for multiple sclerosis: Moderate
  • Side effects: Moderate