My Rituximab experience with RA and ME
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Published
- Jun 2014
Summary
Completed a full course of 6 Rituximab infusions and got "only a few weeks of CFS/ME symptom remission" before it faded. In a later post about the same OMI-administered treatment she called it "not worth $40k," saying she has since done better with Dr. Montoya's Valcyte plus an anti-inflammatory combination, though that took about a year to show benefit. She does not regret trying Rituximab but found it not cost-effective for her.
What they credit
Credits Antivirals, Biologics & antibodies, Rituximab, Valcyte / valganciclovir.
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