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What was the first treatment your doctor prescribed for MG?

Tell us how it worked for you. Did treatment help reduce symptoms? Did it bring any unexpected side effects? Your insight can provide valuable perspectives for other navigating similar journeys.

  1. Drugs

    1. Mestinon, prednisone

      Shortly thereafter-Cellcept and monthly IVIG treatments

      Still very sick

      1. First six months i gained a lot of weight. Had no appetite. Eyesight got worse. Would go through periods of weakness and I couldn’t hold my head up sometimes.

        1. Prednisone and mestinon

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