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CsA
Hi Hopeful,
200mg bid sure sounds high for your weight, since my dosage is the same and I'm 240 lbs; but Dr Paquette at UCLA told me there is no established "therapeutic" dose of CsA for AA. I think what they try to do is give enough to you to keep it at a constant level; there is something called a "trough" level that I think is a threshold for transplant patients, who also depend on CsA. At any rate, my guess is that they will adjust your level to keep it as high as it needs to be, theoretically.
When I was being treated in the hospital in Dec 2006, I was on 300mg bid. At that level, it caused a lot of reflux, and I could not wait to lose that side effect. At 200mg, I can even take it without food, but I try to avoid that.
At this point, I would swear by Neoral. It seems to be the best for me.
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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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