Question 6

"Cellcept" Survey 2002.
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Question:	Did the Cellcept helped you with DV ?
Name	^Answers
^Aneta	^{NEVER HAD TO MUCH DOUBLE VISION, DROOPY EYE LIDS YES.}
^Bob	^{Thankfully, I have not have that problem.}
^Bill	^{Never had any significant DV before- only lately and then not completely double.}
^Jackson	^No.
^Brenda	^?
^Buddy	^DV?????
^Carmen	^{I feel like it has helped, but I still have occassional DV. But I am not sure if it is the Mestinon or the Cellcept.}
^Cathy	^{it has not changed what DV I rarely have.}
^Christine	^No.
^Dean	^{Yes, with thecomb of monthly plasma pheresis.}
^Debbie	^{Not yet (after almost four months).}
^Dossie	^{Do not have occular MG.}
^hack	^{Yes, and overall weakness throughout my body.}
^Woody	^{Low dosage (15 mg./day) prednisone got rid of my DV in less than 3 weeks and hasn't returned. (I suspect the DV came on, when I was trying to use straight mestinon to control my speech, chewing, slurred speech and ptosis problems and probably exceeded my tolerance for it; I found excessive levels of mestinon produced more severe MG symptoms than none at all.}
^Jeff	^No.
^Jennifer	^{Never had dv problem.}
^Joanne	^{DV was gone with IMURAN and PREDNISONE. Switched to Cellcept for pain.}
^John	^Greatly.
^Shirley
^Kerri	^Yes.
^Kevin	^{dv was better initially but lately it has returned again. other symptoms are also worse than a few months ago but I may have something else going on(a new dx or thyroid acting up).}
^{Linda W.}	^{Cellcept hasn't helped the double vision yet, but give it time.}
^Louise	^sometimes.
^Marianne	^{I haven't noticed a difference with that but I think its too soon to tell.}
^{Michael A.}	^{No - but I'm still hoping!}
^{Michael R.}	^No.
^Raymond	^{Only had very slight DV and it is not a problem.}
^Rebecca	^{What is DV?}
^Renee	^{Yes although I still have some DV but only on it for 4 mos.}
^Robert	^{Not sure what is DV.}
^Blutomato	^{Helped with every symptom.}
^Jim	^{Not applicable.}
^Jan	^{Not one bit.}
^Connie	^{I've never had a problem with DV.}
^{Diane G.}	^{It started eliminating the D.V. after it really got bad in the beginning, at 2 1/2 months and about 1000 mg. per day. The Neuro had said it could start working anywhere from 2 to 6 months.}
^{Diane M.}	^{No, actually, I notice it more often, than with Imuran.}

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