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Re: Cytoxan Treatment and Nephrotic Syndrome

Posted by s-nathan on December 17, 2007, 4:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Cytoxan Treatment and Nephrotic Syndrome"
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My son - almost 8 - is presumed to have "minimal change disease." Medically speaking, he is "steroid-dependent" (when we try to taper him off, he relapses). He has been on coticosteroid for the past 14+ months. We tried Cytoxan for 10 weeks starting early Aug 2007; he still relapsed about 3 weeks ago. Apparently, some kids are able to take breaks between steroid courses - before the relapse strikes. If such relapses WITH breaks happen frequently, those kids are termed "frequent relapsers" but NOT "steroid-dependent" I have read some of literature at www.pubmed.org Based on my reading, kids - in general - who are "frequent relapsers" tend to benefit from a course of "cytoxan" therapy. (I am just sharing what I read...not offering medical advice)

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Message Thread: Cytoxan Treatment and Nephrotic Syndrome - RalucaMac September 6, 2007, 6:02 pm Re: Cytoxan Treatment and Nephrotic Syndrome - lilsea October 6, 2007, 7:41 pm Re: Cytoxan Treatment and Nephrotic Syndrome - s-nathan December 17, 2007, 4:49 pm « Back to thread

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