medication

is rituxan,rituximab recommended for the treatment for neuropathy

[selmaS]

I googled this, copied and pasted...I never heard of it before......didn't ur dr explain ur meds?how about ur pharmacist??
hopefully this helps.
"selma"


Autoimmune diseases
Rituximab has been shown to be an effective rheumatoid arthritis treatment in three randomised controlled trials and is now licensed for use in refractory rheumatoid disease.[3] (FDA-approved for use in combination with methotrexate (MTX) for reducing signs and symptoms in adult patients with moderately- to severely-active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have had an inadequate response to one or more anti-TNF-alpha therapies.) There is evidence for efficacy in a range of other autoimmune diseases, including idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Pure red cell aplasia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)[4][5], Evans syndrome[6], vasculitis, multiple sclerosis,[7] bullous skin disorders (for example pemphigus, pemphigoid), type 1 diabetes mellitus, Sjogren's syndrome, Devic's Syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus, although there are significant concerns about PML infection in SLE patients[1].