I was just informed that my insurance wants to deny the IVIG. My Doctor has set up a call with the reviewer to get them to understand that it is medically appropriate and necessary for me.
Has anyone been denied IVIG that was not eventually approved? And is there anything I can do?
I’m a 65 yr old woman who has been on rosuvastatin for about 4 years. No side effects till recently when I started not being able to cross my legs and had lots of difficulty getting up off the floor (my granddaughter likes to play on the floor). I just thought it was a getting older thing but asked at my annual physical to see if there were better exercises I should be doing. He decided to run extra blood work and my CK was 2800 and my liver enzymes were pretty elevated. Went off the statin and repeated the bloodwork with slight elevation. Had an EMG and muscle biopsy, both abnormal. Was sent to a rheumatologist who did additional bloodwork and the HMGCR showed that it is a statin caused autoimmune myopathy.
I started prednisone 60mg 3 weeks ago, going down by 10mg each week. The plan is to start IVIG. Here is my question, from your experiences will my muscle weakness improve?