Originally Posted by
mrtmeo
I see alot of wegs folks not doing well with the cyc but do better on the rtx.
However, they all had cyc first and then rtx, so not sure if it is the combo or not for weg's.
My understanding is about the same as Rose mentioned, that if you have a serious outbreak of Weg's then CYC is preferred as it is the fastest way to stop the disease. When I was DX'd last year I only had Weg's in my nose, and was treated with just prednisone at first, and a few weeks later started on MTX. However when I got a flare this summer and my lungs and kidney were attacked they wanted to use CYC IV's. I was still on 25mg of MTX/week which I stopped as we started using the cyclos.
There are some studies on the effectivenes on MTX compared to CYC. Here is one, not too recent, but dunno if much has changed as these are old drugs.
http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/712891_5
Diagnosed 08/2013, Relapse 07/2014, Relapse 5/2017 (although early signs of it from 12/2016)
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