Medical Uses
Deqsiga contains mainly immunoglobulin G (IgG), with a broad spectrum of antibodies against infectious agents. This therapeutic drug is used to treat people who:
- are at risk of infection because they lack a type of antibody called immunoglobulin G (IgG), which is a protein in the blood that helps the body fight infections. DEQSIGA is used in people who are born with a lack of IgG (primary immunodeficiency syndrome, PID) and those who develop a lack of IgG after birth (secondary immunodeficiency syndrome, SID) and have infections that are severe or keep coming back, and for which medicines used to treat infections do not work.
- have certain immune diseases (caused by the body’s own defence system attacking normal tissues), to help the activity of the immune system (immunomodulation). Deqsiga is used in patients with:
- primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), a disease associated with a lack of platelets (components in the blood that help it to clot), which puts patients at risk of bleeding;
- Guillain-Barré syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), inflammatory disorders of the nerves that result in muscle weakness and numbness.
- Kawasaki disease, a disease mainly seen in children which causes inflammation of blood vessels.
- multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN), nerve damage that causes weakness of the arms and legs.
Recommended Dosage:
The recommended dosage of Deqsiga is determined by a doctor experienced in treating patients with immune system disorders. Dosage is administered by infusion (drip) into a vein. Patients with immunodeficiency receive this medicine every 3 to 4 weeks. How often this therapeutic drug is administered for immunomodulation depends on the condition being treated.