This registry is a place to share positive or negative side effects of using Octagam. If you directly experienced a side effect while using Octagam, then we encourage you to enter it here. Please note that entries here are the experiences of individual users, and in no way means that you or anyone else will experience the same side effect, since the same medication affects people in different ways. Please always contact your physician.
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October 17th
2008
3:16 PM
I suffered a stroke immediately following treatment with Octagam. Treatment was given in the UK within accepted protocols, but the stroke was apparently the result of thickening of the blood. As I continue to require ivig treatment, this has been countered by slowing the infusion rate and watering the blood down, initially with a saline drip and latterly by drinking LOTS of water.
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