Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) treatment can help you fight off infections if you have a weakened immune system or other diseases. Some people may have IVIg instead of other medications (such ...

Intravenous immunoglobin (IVIG) is a solution containing antibodies that healthcare professionals may use to treat primary immune deficiency disease (PIDD) and various other conditions.

Due to the autoimmune etiology of this disorder, IV immunoglobulin (IVIg) or plasma exchange (PE) are the first-line treatments in addition to management of ventilatory failure. IVIg is more ...

Nobile-Orazio and colleagues (2012) compared two of the more commonly used therapies for CIDP: IV immunoglobulin (IVIg) and IV methylprednisolone. The authors performed a multicenter, randomized ...

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is a type of medication used to treat people with immunodeficiencies, when the immune system functions poorly. It is made from human blood plasma and is ...

Some IVIG brands, like Gammagard, contain added sugar. This could cause your blood glucose to rise temporarily. But studies don’t show weight gain as a typical side effect of IVIG. Intravenous ...

Patients who received IVIG showed a lower infection rate compared with non-IVIG recipients. A total of 125 patients were enrolled in the study, which was a prospective, multicenter study conducted ...

The patients were assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive IVIG at a dose of 2.0 g per kilogram of body weight or placebo every 4 weeks for 16 weeks. The patients who received placebo and those without ...

Of more than 3,500 children with myocarditis, 6% died and 14% required ECMO support. IVIg with or without steroids was associated with decreased mortality compared with steroid use alone.

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is a treatment that can boost antibody levels in people with immunodeficiencies, autoimmune diseases, or inflammatory conditions. It contains antibodies ...