Does anyone's doctor order an IgG blood test before RTX treatments? Also do they order them on a regular basis? If they do order them on you, what do they do with you if it turns out to be low?
I have never had this done in the four years that I have had RTX infusions. In order to have the RTX done closer to home, I had gone to another Rheumy other than my Wegs specialist. The new Rheumy will not do the RTX until my #'s come up. He says it would not be good for me, because of the risk of a bad infection coming on after the infusion. I talked to my Wegs specialist and she says that it is more important for me to have the RTX, since it was supposed to be done in August and I am having symptoms of a flare. So she made me go back up on my preds and I am now getting the run around from her office on getting it scheduled.
I am just wondering if anyone has had a problem with low IgG and what they were told about having the RTX infusions at that time.