Would you consider using IVIG for POTS in the absence of any clear autoimmune condition or abnormal antibodies?
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I completely agree with the answer above. It would be a pretty rare consideration, overall. Recent placebo-controlled and blinded studies examining the efficacy of IVIG for idiopathic or antibody-associated (FGFR, TSHDS) small fiber neuropathy found no benefit of the treatment in terms of small...
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at Piedmont HealthCare In addition, there are two other big-time difficul...
at University of Minnesota I would never have tried IVIG without some suggest...
IVIG use for POTS patients is off-label and not FDA approved regardless of autoimmunity. The use of IVIG has been reported to be beneficial in a subgroup of POTS patients with suspicion of an autoimmune cause such as having positive relevant antibodies, in the setting of a known autoimmune disease o...
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at Quinnipiac Netter School of Medicine What antibodies are you checking for?
at LAC+USC Medical Center - Los Angeles Thanks for the insight.
Dr. @Sami, I assume it mi...
Do I use IVIG in POTS in the absence of any CLEAR autoimmune condition or antibodies? The keyword here is CLEAR and my short answer is NO.
However, there are several shortcomings in my answer.
What is a clear autoimmune condition? We do not have criteria to define it yet.
What antibodies ...
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at Stony Brook University School of Medicine So let me rephrase the question. For all the patie...
at Emory University School of Medicine But what evidence is there that an autoimmune phen...
at Stony Brook University School of Medicine Because the sudden onset of a disease in a healthy...
at Emory University School of Medicine But that’s the problem. POTS isn’t a d...
at Stony Brook University School of Medicine I do see your point. But there are other syndromes...
I just wanted to add this recent publication to update the discussion of this question:Vernino et al., PMID 38311655It is only a small trial and I think more data are needed. However, it does provide evidence to show that IVIG does not seem to be a beneficial treatment option for POTS.
In addition, there are two other big-time difficul...
I would never have tried IVIG without some suggest...