IgG4ward! Jam Video Series- Video 7 - Managing IgG4-RD Treatment Side Effects: Avoiding the Side-Effects of Treatment, Steroids, B-Cell Depletion & Vaccines with Dr. John H. Stone

Managing IgG4-RD Treatment Side Effects can be challenging, yet we are remarkably lucky to live in this current era of science, when new treatment approaches for IgG4-RD are unfolding before our eyes! What a change from only twenty – or even ten – years ago. Still, ALL treatments – new and old – need to be deployed carefully to be used safely.

In the latest video from the IgG4ward! JAM, Dr. Stone discusses ways to avoid the side-effects of treatment using either steroids, B-cell depletion or both. He also briefly addresses the use of conventional immunosuppressive agents. Finally, Dr. Stone emphasizes some important take-home messages about proper vaccine use when managing IgG4-RD.

All highly topical “News you can use!”