Experiences with

Rituximab

I was wondering for those who have done Rituxin/Rituximab how soon you saw results, if any? I finished on the 30tb of December (with a week off in between my 3rd and 4th treatment because I had to get IVIG). My platelets keep dropping. Thank you.

Husband has GPA (Wegener's) which is just about going into remission with 3rd session of Rituximab on 30 Dec. Prednisilone is now down to 7mg per day. All good news but........since July he has been suffering from what we believe is Sciatica. Knee Xray & MRI of back show no squashed nerve.

I got an infusion with Rituximab (combined with Prednison to prevent side effects). Yesterday I had my 4th infusion of Rituximab. I have to take the Venetoclax pills every day for a period of 2 years. Until now everything is going very well.

FLAIR trial Ibrutinib Rituximab arm. So....after first round I felt OK if tired, massive bruising, but am usually easily bruised so can cope with that, so long as no one sees my legs. By day 15 or so I had horrid mouth ulcers. And some muscle pain.

(rituximab and daily steroids 25mg/od). I've been wondering if as I get older (I'm talking like in my 40's) if I can expect to find it harder to 'get over' flair ups of the disease or if its totally random from each patient...

Hi. Thank you all for your lovely replies to my earlier post. I have seen my hematology consultant and will be starting on FCR treatment for 5/6 months starting on the 4th Febuary. My consultant has talked me through the treatment and explained why this is suitable for me. I have an appointment on the

I can only find info on people who have had previous treatments and receive the drug in combination with Rituximab and who also have the 17p deletion. I on the other hand am treatment naive and do not have the 17p deletion. My dilemma is this.

(Like rotting) Does/did this happen to anyone else In the early stages and when should I expect the smell to stop as someone else told me the Rituximab takes a while to start working... Cheers

In Jan 2015 I went to the hospital with a platelet count of 1,000. The doctor told me I had ITP and treated me for 10 months with steroids, IVIG, and Nplate shots. After 3 more hospitalizations, I changed doctors in November. The new doc started me on Rituxan, continued the weekly Nplate, and scheduled

Hi, I am 42 years . Gone through 6 cycle FCR in 2011. After 52 months, my lymphocytes now 4 with 14 cm spleen size. It looks my sll is coming back as I am feeling nodes in in neck. What is average remission period in FCR ? What is other treatment option ?

Hello! First time post... Almost a year ago my husband was diagnosed with CLL at 45 after a routine blood test. Since then his lymphocyte count has more than doubled (started at 41, currently over 100). In November after seeing a new specialist, he had a bone marrow biopsy and was told that he has a

I don't think the Rituximab has really kicked in yet, but the worst bit is tapering the Prednisilone. I'm having to get fairly quickly from 10mg to 5mg, so that the consultant can see what I am really like on 19th December.

Hello, just wondering if i should do anything if my infusion due in few days and i have a tooth infection ??

I was put on a trial of Rituximab, after having failed on 3 DMARDS. Three sessions of RTX put me into remission by 2008 and, surprisingly, my nodules were reabsorbed.

He starts FCR treatment Friday, will he be able to work the week after?

Please let me know if anyone has had Rituxan infusions and, if so, how was the experience? My hematologist wants me to have four infusions (one per week for four weeks). I am concerned about the infusing side effects. I have ITP -and I have read that Rituxan is really a drug for R A but is being used

I suffer from ANCA positive vasculitis, they think a crossover of GPA/CSS and I am currently on 6 monthly Rituximab and Prednisilone but it is not controlling my symptoms.

Went in yesterday morning for my second infusion for Rituximab! Had a reaction 20miniutes towards the end, nurses jumped in before it put my body into shock, went into 3 hours recovery and seemed fine so went home.

Neutrophils 2.87 Lymphocytes 239 Platelets 127 I began taking Ibrutinib (along with Allopurinol for kidney support for a month only) 2 weeks ago, Nov 2nd. and began Rituximab the next day. This was divided into two stages, gentle the first day because my lymphocyte count was so high.

May I kindly ask our knowledgeable community that once the initial 6 months of Rituximab is over, if I ended up on I+R would I be able to still maintain my gym protocols?.