How To Diagnose And Treat Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)

Immunosuppressants

A chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy patient may need to take immunosuppressants as part of their treatment regimen to relieve symptoms. An immunosuppressant is a type of medication used to lower or decrease the activity of an affected individual's immune system. Disorders caused by the inappropriate and abnormal attack of the immune system on the healthy tissues of an individual's body can sometimes be mediated when the immune system is downregulated in its activities. Immunosuppressants work by reducing the overall activity of the patient's immune system. It is important to consider an individual becomes more vulnerable to infections and abnormal cell growth in their body when they take immunosuppressants. In some cases, a patient may be treated with an immunosuppressant in conjunction with other medications, like corticosteroids. Azathioprine, methotrexate, cyclophosphamide, mycophenolate, and cyclosporine are the most common immunosuppressants utilized in the treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

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