5. Treatment Options
At the heart of treatment for CIDP is the need to bring about a reduction in inflammation. This inflammation, which irritates the nerve, causing a catalog of symptoms, can be brought under control with a range of medications.
Whilst no known cure exists for CIDP, any medication which brings about a normalization of the immune system can dramatically improve a person’s life. Two drugs, recently legalized, aim to do just this, by decreasing the immune system actions which bring about nerve irritation and associated symptoms. The drugs, Gamunex and Privigen, are intravenously administered. Both of these medications contain potent antibodies which set to work trying to prevent any further nerve damage.
Again, no matter how beneficial the treatment is with these drugs, it must be stressed that this does not amount to anything that could be considered ‘a cure’. Until a cure is found, sufferers will need to rely on the available treatments such as those mentioned above.