All about IVIG (Intravenous Immunoglobulin)

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Everything you need to know about IVIG as a Myeloma patient. Learn all you need to know from doctors about this therapy.
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Chapters:
0:08 What is IVIG?
0:58 Who can be an IVIG donor?
1:39 When is IVIG used?
2:06 When might a myeloma patient's doctor suggest using IVIG?
2:32 In an individual has IgG myeloma, how are levels of norma IgG antibodies determined?
3:42 How does IVIG work?
4:29 How often will a myeloma patient need to get IVIG infusions?
5:11 How is IVIG administered?
6:15 Are any pre-medications given before the IVIG infusion?
9:14 Would taking aspiring help manage the risk of developing blood clots?
9:44 Can IVIG be given on the same day as other myeloma treatments?
10:13 Which myeloma therapies are most likely to potentially cause a need for IVIG?
11:45 When is IVIG treatment stopped, or is it ongoing?
12:12 Does IVIG treatment interfere with vaccinations?
13:02 Does IVIG have COVID antibodies in its formulation? Can it provide protection against COVID?

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@SuperNova153 10 ай бұрын

Excellent Q&A, the responses were so well articulated. Thank you for this!

@HTUMyeloma 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Ibrahimskiduniya 2 ай бұрын

Mam plz do a video about LIT therapy

@lilaccilla 2 ай бұрын

I cant take tylenol or aspirin or any of these types of meds . I have had bad reactions . migraines with extreme neck pain too and flu like symptoms . I do much better on Privigen. I have been getting it since 1992 when I was in the first study done for Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis . It worked to get my muscles back to about 75 per cent . I could not eat or drink or talk much before the research study . Even when I was on many immune suppressant drugs . IVIG was a miracle for me !

@gordonstewart6757 Ай бұрын

What sort of testing must be done to have insurance cover the IVIG treatment ,if even just cover it temporarily ?

@shantaramarothe2885 9 ай бұрын

One day how many bottles give pasinet

@robsweatherchannel 9 ай бұрын

I am struggling with recurrent infections worse so in the winter such as flu and pneumonia and getting worse every year - I have at least 1 infection (sinus or chest/lung every month and long lasting infection, MyIGA is low and IGM is getting low too but still normal and IGG is good - Not sure what to do, tried to get my GP to speak to immunologist to see what are th reasons of the my celiac disease and low IGA but nothing still :-( Great vid too,

@debrakleid5752 10 күн бұрын

Are you trying to get IVIG and they won’t do it? If the IGG is normal they usually refuse to pay for the IVIG (insurance). I have celiac disease and like you I get a lot of infections especially pneumonia, sepsis X 4, and GI infections and a ton of hospitalizations. I had to get the pneumonia vaccine and do the pneumonia vaccine challenge because my IGG and subclasses were low but not low enough. When I failed the challenge I was approved for IVIG and I get them every 4 weeks through a central line. If you haven’t gotten your pneumonia vaccine and done the vaccine challenge it can be hard to get insurance to approve it.