IVMP, tacrolimus may help OMG symptoms where oral steroids don’t

Both high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) and tacrolimus effectively reduced symptom severity in patients with ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG) who failed to respond to oral steroids, a study shows. IVMP began to work quickly and more patients on it achieved a clinically meaningful treatment response over six months. “Both IVMP…

MicroRNAs in blood may help diagnose ocular MG, study suggests

Three microRNAs (miRNAs) — small strands of RNA that regulate protein production — in blood samples accurately identified people with early-onset ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG) and distinguished them from early-onset generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) patients and healthy people in a recent study. “These results suggested that the three…

Ocular MG Patients More Likely to Experience Remission if They Undergo Thymectomy Before Their Disease Generalizes, Study Says

Surgical removal of the thymus before the development of generalized myasthenia gravis is associated with higher remission rates in people with ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG) compared with patients who underwent the surgery after their disease generalized, a new study suggests. The study, titled “Thymectomy in ocular…