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Stand fast
As long as you are not suffering from kidney toxicity and your side effects are insignificant, I would get another opinion if your doctor insists on a fast taper. If you are capable of seeing Dr Paquette at UCLA, please try.
I am convinced that I lost part of my initial response to the ATG with too fast a taper, also begun around 6 months from the first dose of ATG.
There is good enough recent research that indicates a slow taper reduces relapse. Stand fast with your doctor. Show him the research.
Good luck!
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Male, 56, dx Nov2006 VSAA (BMA:0%). Responded to ATG/CsA/Prednisone/Neupogen Dec 2006, but relapsed in June 2007. Counts are responding to using CsA 200mg bid alone since Jun 2008. Last PRBC tx: Jul 2008.
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