octagam (human normal immunoglobulin): Reviews and patient testimonials
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Medication indications
Octagam 10%
Replacement therapy in adults, and children and adolescents (0-18 years) in:• Primary immunodeficiency syndromes with impaired antibody production (see Section 4.4).• Hypogammaglobulinaemia and recurrent bacterial infections in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, in whom prophylactic antibiotics have failed.• Hypogammaglobulinaemia and recurrent bacterial infections in plateau phase multiple myeloma patients who have failed to respond to pneumococcal immunisation. • Hypogammaglobulinaemia in patients after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).• Congenital AIDS with recurrent bacterial infections. Immunomodulation in adults, and children and adolescents (0-18 years) in: • Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), in patients at high risk of bleeding or prior to surgery to correct the platelet count.• Guillain Barré syndrome• Kawasaki disease • Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Only limited experience is available of use of intravenous immunoglobulins in children with CIDP.Octagam 5%
Replacement therapy in adults, and children and adolescents (0-18 years) in:
• Primary immunodeficiency syndromes with impaired antibody production (see Section 4.4).
• Hypogammaglobulinaemia and recurrent bacterial infections in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, in whom prophylactic antibiotics have failed.
• Hypogammaglobulinaemia and recurrent bacterial infections in plateau phase multiple myeloma patients who have failed to respond to pneumococcal immunisation.
• Hypogammaglobulinaemia in patients after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).
• Congenital AIDS with recurrent bacterial infections.
Immunomodulation in adults, and children and adolescents (0-18 years) in:
• Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), in patients at high risk of bleeding or prior to surgery to correct the platelet count.
• Guillain Barré syndrome
• Kawasaki disease
• Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Only limited experience is available of use of intravenous immunoglobulins in children with CIDP.
Molecule: human normal immunoglobulin
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